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Gauhati HC sets aside conviction under NDPS Act, cites procedural lapses

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court has overturned a trial court’s judgment convicting and sentencing a person under Section 21(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, citing “irreconcilable contradictions in the prosecution’s evidence” and lapses in following mandatory procedures. The single-judge bench delivered the ruling while hearing an appeal under Section 374(2) of […]