Supreme Court of India

Mohd Zahid v. State through Ncb

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Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 7 December 2021

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.427 – Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – ss. 23, 29 and s.21 – Appellant-accused was held guilty by the PS Customs, Amritsar u/s.23 and s.21 of the NDPS Act for recovery of 4 kg of heroin and sentenced to undergo 12 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) – Thereafter, he was again held guilty for the offence u/s.29 r/w. s.21(c) of the NDPS Act after recovery of 750 grams of heroin from Delhi and was sentenced for 10 years RI by the Trial Court at Delhi, however, in view of the provisions of s.31 (ii) of the NDPS Act, which provides for an…

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