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Bombay High Court<\/div>\n
Abdul Gaffar Tota Patel vs The State Of Maharashtra on 16 August, 2010<\/div>\n
Bench: B.H. Marlapalle, Anoop V.Mohta<\/div>\n
                                                         1                                wp-3094-09.sxw\n\n\n    dgm\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                \n                       IN THE  HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY\n\n                                CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n\n\n\n                                                                        \n                                 WRIT PETITION NO. 3094  OF 2009\n\n\n\n\n                                                                       \n    Abdul Gaffar Tota Patel                                              ....   Petitioner\n          vs\n    The State of Maharashtra                                             ....    Respondent\n\n\n\n\n                                                        \n    Mr. P. B. Shah for the petitioner.\n                                    \n    Dr. F.R. Shaikh, APP for the respondent\/State. \n                                   \n                                                                 CORAM: B.H. MARLAPALLE & \n                                                                               ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ.\n<\/pre>\n
                                                          DATE  :  16th August,  2010<\/p>\n
    ORAL JUDGMENT (Per B. H. Marlapalle,J.):\n<\/p>\n
            The   petitioner   was  one   of   the   three   accused   tried   in  Sessions   Case   No.<\/p>\n
    42\/1998 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge at Malegaon for the offence <\/p>\n
    punishable under Section 20(b)(i) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance <\/p>\n
    Act,   1985   (for   short,   “NDPS   Act”)   and   by   the   judgment   and   order   dated <\/p>\n
    27.06.2002   only   the   petitioner   was   convicted   for   the   said   offence   and   was <\/p>\n
    sentenced to suffer RI for 10 years and to pay fine of Rs.1,00,000\/-, in default to <\/p>\n
    suffer RI for  one year.  This order of conviction and sentence was challenged in <\/p>\n
    Criminal Appeal No.749\/2002 and the Appeal was dismissed as per the judgment <\/p>\n
    dated   03.11.2003.       The   petitioner     approached   the   Supreme   Court   in   SLP <\/p>\n
    (Criminal) No.6998\/2004 and it was dismissed on 30.07.2004.\n<\/p>\n
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                                                   2                              wp-3094-09.sxw\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                        \n    2      By this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner \n\n<\/pre>\n
    seeks to invoke inherent powers of this Court under Section 482 of Cr. PC   to <\/p>\n
    correct the order of sentence and more particularly, the order dated 03.11.2003 <\/p>\n
    passed by this Court (SB) in Criminal Appeal No.749\/2002.  As per the petitioner, <\/p>\n
    Section 20(b)(i) as on the date of the offence i.e. 9.1.1998 of NDPS Act, read as <\/p>\n
    under :\n<\/p>\n
                  “whoever in contravention of any provision of this Act or rule <\/p>\n
           or order made or condition of licence granted thereunder:-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                  (a) …. X<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
                  (b)   Produces,   manufactures,   possesses,   sells,   purchases, <\/p>\n
           transports, imports inter-State, exports inter-State or uses cannabis, <\/p>\n
           shall be punishable :-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                  (i)       Where   such   contravention   relates   to   ganja   or   the <\/p>\n
           cultivation of cannabis plant, with rigorous imprisonment for a term <\/p>\n
           which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine which <\/p>\n
           may extent to fifty thousand rupees;”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
    3      Section 20(b)(i) of the NDPS Act, came to be amended with effect from <\/p>\n
    2.10.2001   and     the   amended   Act   did   not   state   that   it   was   applicable <\/p>\n
    retrospectively.  The amended Act enhanced the sentence to ten years and a fine <\/p>\n
    amount to Rs.1,00,000\/-.  As on the date of the order of conviction and sentence <\/p>\n
    passed by the trial Court  i.e. on 27.06.2002 the amened Section 20(b)(i) of the <\/p>\n
    NDPS Act was in force,  and it was not pointed out to the trial Court or it was not <\/p>\n
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    claimed that the petitioner was required to be sentenced as per the provisions as <\/p>\n
    existed on the date of the offence i.e. 09.01.1998.  It is under these circumstances, <\/p>\n
    the learned trial Court, on the basis of the amended Act and as prevailing on <\/p>\n
    27.06.2002 sentenced the petitioner to suffer RI for ten years and to pay a fine of <\/p>\n
    Rs.1,00,000\/-.   When Criminal Appeal No.749\/2002 was heard and decided by <\/p>\n
    this Court, there was no specific direction to reduce the period of sentence as well <\/p>\n
    as the amount of fine i.e. the sentence period to be reduced to 5 years and fine <\/p>\n
    amount to Rs.50,000\/-.\n<\/p>\n
    4<\/span><\/p>\n
           Mr. Shah, the learned counsel for the petitioner, has placed reliance on the <\/p>\n
    following   observations   made   by   this   Court,   while   dismissing   the   Appeal   and <\/p>\n
    submitted that this Court was aware and re-iterated that the petitioner ought to <\/p>\n
    have been sentenced to suffer RI for five years and pay a fine of Rs.50,000\/- :\n<\/p>\n
                   “9. ……….. Section 20 has been amended on 02.10.2001.  In <\/p>\n
           the year 1998, possession of ganja was punishable with RI extending <\/p>\n
           to   5   years   and   fine   amount   was   Rs.50,000\/-.     Therefore,   the <\/p>\n
           appellant should have been sentenced for an imprisonment of RI of <\/p>\n
           5 years and fine of Rs.50,000\/- …….”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
    5      As noted earlier, the petitioner’s SLP before the Supreme Court came to be <\/p>\n
    dismissed on 30.07.2004 and the said order read as under :\n<\/p>\n
           “Delay condoned.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           Heard.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           The special leave petition is dismissed.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
    6      As per Section 362 of Cr.PC,  a review application is not maintainable in the <\/p>\n
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    decided Criminal Appeal No.749\/2002.  Section 41 of the amending Act of 2001 <\/p>\n
    (Amending Act to the NDPS Act) reads as under:\n<\/p>\n
                  “41(1).          Notwithstanding   anything   contained   in   sub-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
          section   (2)   of   Section   1,   all   cases   pending   before   the   Courts   or <\/p>\n
          under   investigation   at   the   commencement   of   this   Act,   shall   be <\/p>\n
          disposed off in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act <\/p>\n
          as amended by this Court and accordingly, any person found guilty <\/p>\n
          of   any   offence   punishable   under   the   principal   Act,   as   it   stood <\/p>\n
          immediately   before   such   commencement,   shall   be   liable   for   a <\/p>\n
          punishment   which   is  lesser   than  the   punishment  for   which   he   is <\/p>\n
          otherwise   liable   on   the   date   of   the   commission   of   such   offence, <\/p>\n
          provided that nothing in this section, shall apply to cases pending <\/p>\n
          any Appeal.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
    7     Article  20(1) of the  Constitution  of  India  states  that no  person shall  be <\/p>\n
    convicted of any offence except for violation of a law in force at the time of the <\/p>\n
    commission of the act charged as an offence, nor be subjected to a penalty greater <\/p>\n
    than that which might have been inflicted under the law in force at the time of the <\/p>\n
    commission of the offence.\n<\/p>\n
    8     Having regard to the scheme of Article 20(1) of the Constitution of India <\/p>\n
    and Section 41 (1) of the Amending Act No.1 of 2001, thereby bringing into the <\/p>\n
    amendment to Section 20(b)(i) of NDPS Act  that on 2.10.2001,  it is clear that on <\/p>\n
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    the date of the order of conviction and sentence i.e. on 27.06.2002, the petitioner <\/p>\n
    ought to have been sentenced as per the provisions prevailing as on the date of <\/p>\n
    the offence  i.e. 9.1.1998  and as the said  sentence  was less than the  amended <\/p>\n
    sentence.       It is also evident from the above observations made by the learned <\/p>\n
    Single   Judge,  while   deciding   Criminal   Appeal   No.749\/2002  that  the  period   of <\/p>\n
    sentence ought to have been five years   with a fine of Rs.50,000\/- and the trial <\/p>\n
    Court’s  order   under   Appeal   was  required   to  be   corrected   to   that  extent  partly <\/p>\n
    allowing the appeal.   When  the petitioner was tried, he was about 66 yeas of age <\/p>\n
    and by now he is about 78 years of age.  He has been undergoing sentence after <\/p>\n
    his   Appeal   was   dismissed   and   by   now   he   has   suffered   eight   years   of <\/p>\n
    imprisonment.  Mr. Shah rightly relied upon the decision in the case of  Jawahar <\/p>\n
    Singh alias Bhagatji v. State of GNCT of Delhi,  (2009) 6 SCC 490.\n<\/p>\n
    9       Section 482 of Cr. PC  states that nothing in the said Code shall be deemed <\/p>\n
    to limit or affect the inherent powers of this Court to make such orders, as may be <\/p>\n
    necessary   to   give   effect   to   any   order   under  the  said   Code.       The   order   dated <\/p>\n
    3.11.2003  passed by the learned Single Judge in Criminal Appeal No.749\/2002 <\/p>\n
    is an order passed under the Code and the inherent powers under Section 482 of <\/p>\n
    the Code are required to be invoked to give effect to the said order in keeping <\/p>\n
    with the scheme of the NDPS Act, regarding the period of sentence and the fine <\/p>\n
    amount.  The  Full Bench of this Court has reconsidered the scope of Section 482 <\/p>\n
    in Abasaheb Yadav Honmane vs. State of Maharashtra and Ashwini Abasaheb <\/p>\n
    Honmane,<\/a> 2008 ALL MR (Cri) 952.\n<\/p>\n
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                                                           6                                wp-3094-09.sxw\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                  \n    10      We  are, therefore, satisfied  that this is a fit case to invoke the inherent \n\n<\/pre>\n
    powers under Section 482 of Cr. PC read with Article 20(1) of the Constitution <\/p>\n
    and allow this petition.   Hence, the petition succeeds and it is directed that the <\/p>\n
    petitioner’s   sentence   shall   be   reduced   to   RI   for   five     years   with   a   fine   of   Rs.\n<\/p>\n
    50,000\/-.    If the petitioner has already undergone the period of sentence i.e. five <\/p>\n
    years plus one year in deault of payment of the fine amount,  he is directed to be <\/p>\n
    released forthwith, unless required to be detained in any other criminal case.\n<\/p>\n
    11<\/span><\/p>\n
            Rule is made absolute accordingly.\n<\/p>\n
    12      We   make   it   clear   that   this   oder   will   not   entitle   the   petitioner   to   claim <\/p>\n
    compensation from the State Government.\n<\/p>\n
            (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.)                                  ( B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                          ::: Downloaded on - 09\/06\/2013 16:18:23 :::<\/span>\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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