Woman having a cache of 10kg narcotics is let of with light imprisonment and fine
Not many men folks are as lucky to get away with light punishments once found guilty!!!
http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/24/stories/2010062457620400.htm
New Delhi: A Delhi court has awarded lighter punishment of six months' prison term to a woman for possessing ganja, taking into account the fact that there is no one else to look after her physically-challenged son.
Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain imposed a fine of Rs.30,000 on Gullo Devi after holding her guilty under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The court also awarded the 55-year-old woman a six-month prison term that she has already served during her judicial custody.
Convicted
Gullo Devi was arrested on May 30, 2006, for allegedly possessing 10 kg of ganja, declared as a controlled drug under the NDPS Act. She was convicted under Section 20(b)(ii) of the NDPS Act for possessing ganja which carries maximum punishment of five years besides the fine.
During arguments on the quantum of sentence, she submitted that she has the responsibility of bringing up five children and her eldest son is a patient of polio and dependent on her even for basic needs. “The proceedings reveal that she was released on interim bail on the ground of examination of her child as there was no other to look after his well-being. Keeping in view the special circumstances and the pathetic condition of her child and the fact that after this incident she is not involved in trafficking of drug and has rehabilitated herself, I am not inclined to incarcerate the accused further,” the Judge said. - PTI
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