https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=340918 In an appeal confined to sentence under the NDPS Act, the Court considered mitigating factors such as the appellants' status as carriers, lack of prior criminal involvement, substantial actual imprisonment, compliance with parole conditions, and the long pendency of the matter. These circumstances justified interference with the quantum of punishment, while the conviction under Section 21(c) remained undisturbed. The custodial term was reduced to eleven years and the fine was lowered, with the default sentence modified accordingly, but the finding of guilt was maintained. en-us Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=340918 In an appeal confined to sentence under the NDPS Act, the Court considered mitigating factors such as the appellants' status as carriers, lack of prior criminal involvement, substantial actual imprisonment, compliance with parole conditions, and the long pendency of the matter. These circumstances justified interference with the quantum of punishment, while the conviction under Section 21(c) remained undisturbed. The custodial term was reduced to eleven years and the fine was lowered, with the default sentence modified accordingly, but the finding of guilt was maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=340918