https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325287 In a narcotics conviction under Sections 21(c) and 23(c) read with Section 28 of the NDPS Act, the conviction and substantive imprisonment were maintained because they were not challenged and the minimum sentence could not be altered. On sentence, the court considered that the accused had substantially undergone the substantive term, had no prior criminal record, and was financially weak, and applied Section 30 CrPC to reduce only the default imprisonment for non-payment of fine. The default sentence was reduced from three months' simple imprisonment to one month each. en-us Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:08:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325287 In a narcotics conviction under Sections 21(c) and 23(c) read with Section 28 of the NDPS Act, the conviction and substantive imprisonment were maintained because they were not challenged and the minimum sentence could not be altered. On sentence, the court considered that the accused had substantially undergone the substantive term, had no prior criminal record, and was financially weak, and applied Section 30 CrPC to reduce only the default imprisonment for non-payment of fine. The default sentence was reduced from three months' simple imprisonment to one month each. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325287