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Shanti Lal vs State Of M.P on 8 October, 2007

In the matter of Shanti Lal V. State of M.P. reported in (2008) Criminal Law Journal 306, it was held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court that term of imprisonment in default of payment of fine is not a sentence but it is a penalty which a person incurs on account of non-payment of fine and considering the poor condition of the accused person, and that he was merely a carrier and it was his first offence while upholding the conviction and sentence of rigorous imprisonment of 10 years and fine of repees one lakh for the offence punishable under section 18 of the NDPS Act reduced the period of sentence in default of payment of fine from three years to six months.
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