SURAJ KUMAR ROY vs THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR. Advocate - PP, ASSAM — Crl.A./219/2023

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

Case disposed

CNR: GAHC010114022023

Filing Number

Crl.A./5352/2023

Filing Date

24-May-2023

Registration No

Crl.A./219/2023

Registration Date

15-Jun-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

10252 - Appeals against conviction under the NDPS Act. ( 214 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

28-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

--Disposed Of

Last updated 28-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Code of Criminal Procedure Section 374

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SURAJ KUMAR ROY

    Adv. MR. S MITRA,MR S.MITRA,MR S.MITRA, ,MR A K BORO,MR S.MITRA

Respondent(s)

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

  2. 2.SANJIB CHOUDHURY

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 28-Apr-2026

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

    Summary of Crl.A./219/2023 - Suraj Kumar Roy v. State of Assam The Gauhati High Court partially allowed the appeal, modifying the original conviction under NDPS Act Section 20(b)(ii)(C) to Section 20(b)(ii)(B). The court found that while the three appellants were individually in conscious possession of ganja from their respective bags (10.21 kg and 10.8 kg), the prosecution failed to prove they acted jointly or possessed the total quantity together. Consequently, sentences were reduced from 15 years to 3½ years rigorous 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. 16-Mar-2026

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

  5. 16-Mar-2026

    Hearing

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

  6. 19-Feb-2026

    Hearing

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

  7. 03-Feb-2026

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

  8. 28-Jan-2026

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

  9. 28-Jan-2026

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma , Honourable Mr. Justice N. Unni Krishnan Nair

  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

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mrs. Justice Mitali ThakuriaView PDF

  13. 14-Nov-2025

    Hearing

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

  14. 30-Oct-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mrs. Justice Mitali ThakuriaView PDF

  15. 16-Oct-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mrs. Justice Mitali ThakuriaView PDF

  16. 16-Sep-2025

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

  17. 28-Aug-2025

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

  18. 05-Aug-2025

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

  19. 02-Sep-2024

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

  20. 25-Sep-2023

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

  21. 25-Sep-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  22. 25-Sep-2023

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana , Honourable Mr. Justice Kardak Ete

  23. 09-Aug-2023

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

  24. 21-Jun-2023

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice Mridul Kumar KalitaView PDF

  25. 07-Jun-2023

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma,honourable Mr. Justice Mridul Kumar KalitaView PDF

  26. 24-May-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A./219/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Summary of Crl.A./219/2023 - Suraj Kumar Roy v. State of Assam The Gauhati High Court partially allowed the appeal, modifying the original conviction under NDPS Act Section 20(b)(ii)(C) to Section 20(b)(ii)(B). The court found that while the three appellants were individually in conscious possession of ganja from their respective bags (10.21 kg and 10.8 kg), the prosecution failed to prove they acted jointly or possessed the total quantity together. Consequently, sentences were reduced from 15 years to 3½ years rigorous 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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