2002 Supreme(Mad) 671
MALAI SUBRAMANIAN
R. Srinivasan and others – Appellant
Versus
Assistant Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Trichy – Respondent
Advocates:
B. Kumar, Senior Advocate, N. Mohideen Basha, for Appellant in C.A.Nos.760 and 773 of 1997.
V. Gopinath, Senior Counsel, G. Saravanan, for Appellant in C.A.No. 774 of 1997.
A.A. Selvam, for M.S. Srinivasan, for Appellant in C.A.No. 772 of 1997.
R. Regupathy, for R. Rajan, for Appellant in C.A.No. 733 of 1997.
P.N. Prasash, Special Public Prosecutor, for N.D.P.S. Cases, for Respondent.
JUDGMENT: All these five appeals arise out of a single judgment delivered by the Special Judge (Essential Commodities Act & N.D.P.S. Act), Salem in C.C.No. 24 of 1994. C.A.No. 773 of 1997 has been filed by 10th accused; C.A.No. 760 of 1997 has been filed by 1st accused; C.A.No. 772 of 1997 has been filed by 2nd accused; C.A.No. 773 of 1997 has been filed by 3rd accused and C.A.No. 774 of 1997 has been filed by 6th and 7th accused. Originally, 13 accused were prosecuted. 12th and 13th accused were absconding and after the case against them was split up, the trial went on against the accused Nos: 1 to 11, out of whom, A.4, A.8 A.9 and A.11 were acquitted and A.5 was also discharged. A. 1 to A.3 were convicted under Sec. 8(c) read with 29 read with 18 and 8(1) read with 29 read with 21 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and were sentenced to undergo R.I for 10 years and each to pay a fine of Rs. 1,00,000 (2 counts) in default to suffer R.I for two years; A.6 was convicted for the offence punishable under Sec. 8(c) read with 29 read with 21 of the Act and was sentenced to undergo R.I for 2 years; A.7 was convicted for the offence under Sec. 8(c) read with 21 and was sent
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