NAWAS SARIF vs UNION OF INDIA Advocate - SC, NCB — Crl.A./405/2017

Disposed: Contested--Disposed Of on 01st April 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 10-Nov-2017

CNR: GAHC010147282017

Filing Number

Crl.A./405/2017

Filing Date

25-Oct-2017

Registration No

Crl.A./405/2017

Registration Date

10-Nov-2017

Judge

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

Coram

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

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

10250 - Appeals against conviction for offences under IPC. ( 212 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

01-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Of

Last updated 02-May-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.NAWAS SARIF

    Adv. MS. SANTANA SARMA,MS.S K NARGIS,MS.S K NARGIS, ,MS. B HAZARIKA,MS. S K NARGIS

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA Advocate - SC, NCB

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 01-Apr-2026

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

    Summary The Gauhati High Court upheld Nawas Sarif's conviction under Section 21(C) of the NDPS Act for drug trafficking involving morphine but reduced his sentence from 12 years to 10 years (the minimum prescribed). The court considered mitigating factors including the appellant's young age (19 at arrest), first-time offender status, and peripheral involvement as a handyman rather than the primary accused driver. The fine of Rs. 1,00,000 and default imprisonment clause remained unchanged. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 01-Apr-2026

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi , Honourable Mr. Justice Pranjal Das

  4. 27-Mar-2026

    Honourable Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi,honourable Mr. Justice Pranjal DasView PDF

  5. 24-Jul-2025

    Honourable Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi,honourable Mr. Justice Kardak EteView PDF

  6. 10-Jun-2025

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

  7. 01-Oct-2024

    Honourable Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi,honourable Mrs. Justice Mitali ThakuriaView PDF

  8. 30-Jul-2024

    Honourable Mr. Justice Manish Choudhury,honourable Mr. Justice Kaushik GoswamiView PDF

  9. 17-May-2024

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Suman Shyam , Honourable Mr. Justice Arun Dev Choudhury

  10. 18-Jul-2023

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

  11. 18-Jul-2023

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Zothankhuma , Honourable Mr. Justice Mridul Kumar Kalita

  12. 07-Jun-2023

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

  13. 07-Jun-2023

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

  14. 07-Jun-2023

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

  15. 07-Jun-2023

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Lanusungkum Jamir , Honourable Mr. Justice Kardak Ete

  16. 31-Mar-2021

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali , Honourable Mr. Justice Manish Choudhury

  17. 18-Feb-2021

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali , Honourable Mr. Justice Manish Choudhury

  18. 11-Feb-2021

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali,honourable Mr. Justice Manish ChoudhuryView PDF

  19. 02-Feb-2021

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  20. 02-Feb-2021

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh , Honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra Saikia

  21. 25-Jan-2021

    Honourable Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh,honourable Mr. Justice Soumitra SaikiaView PDF

  22. 15-Sep-2020

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz AliView PDF

  23. 17-Aug-2020

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz AliView PDF

  24. 17-Aug-2020

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Suman Shyam , Honourable Mr. Justice Prasanta Kumar Deka

  25. 05-Aug-2020

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Suman Shyam , Honourable Mr. Justice Prasanta Kumar Deka

  26. 29-Jul-2020

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana , Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  27. 13-Jul-2020

    Honourable Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana,honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz AliView PDF

  28. 15-Feb-2019

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  29. 08-Jan-2019

    Hearing

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  30. 02-Nov-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  31. 18-Sep-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  32. 10-Sep-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  33. 06-Sep-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  34. 03-Sep-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  35. 29-Aug-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Ajit Borthakur

  36. 22-May-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Ajit Borthakur

  37. 07-May-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mrs. Justice Rumi Kumari Phukan

  38. 27-Mar-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mrs. Justice Rumi Kumari Phukan

  39. 28-Feb-2018

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Ajit Borthakur

  40. 07-Feb-2018

    Honourable Mr. Justice Hitesh Kumar SarmaView PDF

  41. 02-Jan-2018

    Honourable Mr. Justice Hitesh Kumar SarmaView PDF

  42. 25-Oct-2017

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A./405/2017

  43. 01-Jan-1900

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  44. 01-Jan-1900

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  45. 01-Jan-1900

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  46. 01-Jan-1900

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

  47. 01-Jan-1900

    Orders

    Honourable Mr. Justice Mir Alfaz Ali

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Gauhati High Court upheld Nawas Sarif's conviction under Section 21(C) of the NDPS Act for drug trafficking involving morphine but reduced his sentence from 12 years to 10 years (the minimum prescribed). The court considered mitigating factors including the appellant's young age (19 at arrest), first-time offender status, and peripheral involvement as a handyman rather than the primary accused driver. The fine of Rs. 1,00,000 and default imprisonment clause remained unchanged. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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