P&H: Reduces 66-Year-Old Woman’s NDPS Sentence To Time Already Served
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reduced the sentence of Paramjit Kaur, convicted under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, to the four months and nine days she had already spent in prison. The Court upheld her conviction but partly allowed her appeal against the sentence.
The case arose from a 2003 recovery of 15 kg of poppy husk from a bag Kaur was carrying near the New Bus Stand in Samalkha. A trial court convicted her in 2005 and imposed rigorous imprisonment for two years and three months, along with a fine of...
