Case Law Analysis
|Punjab and Haryana High Court
Later conviction not a ‘previous conviction’ for Section 31 NDPS enhanced punishment | NDPS sentencing | Punjab & Haryana HC
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that a conviction recorded after the alleged offence cannot be counted as a prior conviction under Section 31 of the NDPS Act, so enhanced punishment cannot be imposed. Only convictions existing before the offence date qualify, impacting NDPS prosecutions with multiple cases.