MRS. DOROTHY HINGANDU versus STATE
Section 9 Definition of Evidence Defendant, who was a foreigner, tried to smuggle 458 8 grams of heroin powder from Pakistan, the accused proved the trial court guilty of the crime and sentenced DR to another one and a half years in prison and 50 Sentenced to fined Rs., 000. From his point of view, his appeal challenged the mere legality of the sentence given in Section 9 of the Drug Control Act 1997, if, on the basis of his quantity, the drug related crime was divided into three categories. If the quantity was 100 grams or less, the sentence of imprisonment could be increased to two years; if the quantity is more than 100 grams, but not more than one kilogram, the imprisonment may extend to seven years. And if the quantity was more than one kilogram, the sentence could be death sentence or life imprisonment, except for general classification, the law did not offer any mathematical formula to punish in any particular case. Has distinguished different types of drugs. Since smuggling equal amounts of marijuana and heroin, heroin and marijuana could not be the same because of the huge difference in their value and consequently, the profit that could be obtained from their illicit trade was one kilogram. Can be heroin. Charase charged more than 100kg of heroin and tried to export about half a kilogram of heroin, capable of receiving more than that, in which case his potential profit needed to be compromised, The trial court had already considered the theory effective, and the appeal was dismissed
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