https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=339936 Conviction under the NDPS Act was maintained, but the High Court reduced the sentence after considering the appellant's first-time offender status, advanced age, long custody since 28.05.2007, and absence of any other pending criminal case. Applying the principle that the ends of justice may be met by imposing the minimum substantive punishment in an appropriate case, the Court held that the substantive imprisonment required moderation. The fine was left undisturbed, while the default sentence was also reduced and directed to run consecutively for each default. en-us Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 10 Mar 2017 06:20:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=339936 Conviction under the NDPS Act was maintained, but the High Court reduced the sentence after considering the appellant's first-time offender status, advanced age, long custody since 28.05.2007, and absence of any other pending criminal case. Applying the principle that the ends of justice may be met by imposing the minimum substantive punishment in an appropriate case, the Court held that the substantive imprisonment required moderation. The fine was left undisturbed, while the default sentence was also reduced and directed to run consecutively for each default. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=339936