BIPIN KUMAR AND ANR. vs THE STATE OF ASSAM Advocate - PP, ASSAM — Crl.A./171/2023

Case under Code of Criminal Procedure Section 374(2). Disposed: Contested--Disposed Of on 28th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: GAHC010097472023

Filing Number

Crl.A./4632/2023

Filing Date

06-May-2023

Registration No

Crl.A./171/2023

Registration Date

20-May-2023

Judge

Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma , Honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik Goswami

Coram

Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma , Honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik Goswami

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

10253 - Appeals against conviction under other Acts. ( 215 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

28-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Of

Last updated 28-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Code of Criminal Procedure Section 374(2)

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.BIPIN KUMAR AND ANR.

    Adv. M PATHAK,S DAS,S DAS, ,MR. P K DAS,MS. S DAS

  2. 2.VIRA MAHATO

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF ASSAM Advocate - PP (Public Prosecutor), ASSAM

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 28-Apr-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik GoswamiView PDF

    Case Summary: Crl.A./171/2023 - Bipin Kumar and Anr. v. The State of Assam The Gauhati High Court partially allowed the appellants' appeals against their conviction under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) NDPS Act for commercial quantity drug possession. While affirming that all three appellants were in conscious possession of cannabis seized from their respective luggage on a train, the court found insufficient evidence they jointly possessed the total 21.1 kgs. The court downgraded convictions to Section 20(b)(ii)(B) (non-commercial quantity), reducing sentences from 15 years to 3½ years imprisonment with Rs. 1 lakh fine each. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 23-Apr-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik GoswamiView PDF

  4. 23-Apr-2026

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma , Honourable Mr. Justice Pranjal Das

  5. 16-Mar-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice Pranjal DasView PDF

  6. 16-Mar-2026

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma , Honourable Mr. Justice Pranjal Das

  7. 19-Feb-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice Pranjal DasView PDF

  8. 19-Feb-2026

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma , Honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik Goswami

  9. 03-Feb-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik GoswamiView PDF

  10. 17-Dec-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice N. Unni Krishnan NairView PDF

  11. 03-Dec-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice N. Unni Krishnan NairView PDF

  12. 14-Nov-2025

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma , Honourable Mrs. Justice Mitali Thakuria

  13. 16-Sep-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice Anjan Moni KalitaView PDF

  14. 28-Aug-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik GoswamiView PDF

  15. 02-Sep-2024

    Honourable Mr. Justice Manish Choudhury,honourable Mrs. Justice Mitali ThakuriaView PDF

  16. 26-Sep-2023

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Mridul Kumar KalitaView PDF

  17. 25-Sep-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  18. 11-Sep-2023

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Mridul Kumar KalitaView PDF

  19. 30-Aug-2023

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mrs. Justice Malasri NandiView PDF

  20. 04-Aug-2023

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Kardak EteView PDF

  21. 27-Jun-2023

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mrs. Justice Malasri NandiView PDF

  22. 24-May-2023

    Honourable Mr. Justice Lanusungkum Jamir,honourable Mr. Justice Kardak EteView PDF

  23. 06-May-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A./171/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Crl.A./171/2023 - Bipin Kumar and Anr. v. The State of Assam The Gauhati High Court partially allowed the appellants' appeals against their conviction under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) NDPS Act for commercial quantity drug possession. While affirming that all three appellants were in conscious possession of cannabis seized from their respective luggage on a train, the court found insufficient evidence they jointly possessed the total 21.1 kgs. The court downgraded convictions to Section 20(b)(ii)(B) (non-commercial quantity), reducing sentences from 15 years to 3½ years imprisonment with Rs. 1 lakh fine each. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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