https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=329983 Conviction under the NDPS Act was maintained, but the sentence was reduced because the seized ganja quantity was 3 kg 400 gm, above small quantity yet far below commercial quantity. The court applied the statutory quantity-based sentencing scheme and the principle of proportionality, taking into account the appellants' custody already undergone, absence of criminal antecedents, good jail conduct, and family circumstances. On that basis, it held that a lesser punishment would better serve the ends of justice and reduced the substantive sentence to the period already undergone, with a corresponding reduction in fine. en-us Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:42:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=329983 Conviction under the NDPS Act was maintained, but the sentence was reduced because the seized ganja quantity was 3 kg 400 gm, above small quantity yet far below commercial quantity. The court applied the statutory quantity-based sentencing scheme and the principle of proportionality, taking into account the appellants' custody already undergone, absence of criminal antecedents, good jail conduct, and family circumstances. On that basis, it held that a lesser punishment would better serve the ends of justice and reduced the substantive sentence to the period already undergone, with a corresponding reduction in fine. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=329983