https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426314 A sentence above the statutory minimum under the NDPS Act requires due consideration of aggravating and mitigating circumstances, including the offender's personal background and the facts of the case. Here, the conviction for possession of commercial quantity of ganja was sustained, but the sentencing court had not properly weighed the appellant's age, illiteracy, rural background, lack of criminal antecedents, and the reasons needed to justify punishment beyond the minimum. The sentence was therefore reduced from 15 years' rigorous imprisonment to 12 years, with the fine maintained and the default sentence modified. en-us Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 13 Aug 2022 08:05:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426314 A sentence above the statutory minimum under the NDPS Act requires due consideration of aggravating and mitigating circumstances, including the offender's personal background and the facts of the case. Here, the conviction for possession of commercial quantity of ganja was sustained, but the sentencing court had not properly weighed the appellant's age, illiteracy, rural background, lack of criminal antecedents, and the reasons needed to justify punishment beyond the minimum. The sentence was therefore reduced from 15 years' rigorous imprisonment to 12 years, with the fine maintained and the default sentence modified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426314