https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=379978 Transportation of poppy straw in breach of licence conditions was held to fall within the specific penal provision for contravention relating to poppy straw, not the general licence-breach provision. Section 26 applies only to a willful breach of licence conditions where no other penalty is prescribed, whereas Section 15 governs transportation-related contravention and fixes punishment by quantity. On the facts, the defence version was not proved and the material supported conviction under Section 8 read with Section 15(c). The mandatory minimum sentence under Section 15(c) also barred reduction of the sentence to the period already undergone. en-us Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 11 May 2019 07:16:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=379978 Transportation of poppy straw in breach of licence conditions was held to fall within the specific penal provision for contravention relating to poppy straw, not the general licence-breach provision. Section 26 applies only to a willful breach of licence conditions where no other penalty is prescribed, whereas Section 15 governs transportation-related contravention and fixes punishment by quantity. On the facts, the defence version was not proved and the material supported conviction under Section 8 read with Section 15(c). The mandatory minimum sentence under Section 15(c) also barred reduction of the sentence to the period already undergone. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=379978