2005 (8) TMI 742

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..... Delhi High Court, suspending the conviction during the pendency of the appeal. 4. The Respondents were convicted under Section 29 read with Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, (the N.D.P.S. Act) and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of Rs. 1,000. On appeals being filed, the learned Judge suspended the sentence and the Responde .....

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..... anting of bail, it must be presumed that this is an order covered under Section 37(3) read with Section 439, Code of Criminal Procedure To say the least, the argument appears to be baseless. We cannot accept the contention that in a matter involving seizure of commercial quantity of a substance prohibited by the N.D.P.S. Act when the Public Prosecutor appears on notice of the bail application he w .....

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