Supreme Court of India

Sanjay v. State of M.P.

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Bench S.B. Sinha and Lokeshwar Singh Panta JJ.
Decided 30 April 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that they did not deserve maximum punishment prescribed under Section 21(b) of the NDPS Act, applying the doctrine of proportionality in imposing the sentence vis-a-vis the object and purport thereof as has been provided for in the NDPS Act.

Judgment, page 2

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