Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010238982023 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : I.A.(Crl.)/906/2023 MD. SAMIR ALI AND ANR. S/O LATE ABDUL SALAM VILL.- NO. 1 DIZOO PATHAR P.S.- NORTH LAKHIMPUR DIST.- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM. 2: MD. GULAB HUSSAIN S/O ABDUL FARUQUE VILL.- KANDURA PATHAR DIZOO T.E P.S.- NORTH LAKHIMPUR DIST.- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM. VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. REP. BY THE SC DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE. 2:DIBYENDU BHAUMIK SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE GUWAHATI REGIONAL UNIT GUWAHATI. ------------ Advocate for : MR. P HAZARIKA Advocate for : SC DRI appearing for THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. Page No.# 2/3 Linked Case : Crl.A./358/2023 MD. SAMIR ALI AND ANR. S/O LATE ABDUL SALAM VILL.- NO. 1 DIZOO PATHAR P.S.- NORTH LAKHIMPUR DIST.- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM. 2: MD. GULAB HUSSAIN S/O ABDUL FARUQUE VILL.- KANDURA PATHAR DIZOO T.E P.S.- NORTH LAKHIMPUR DIST.- LAKHIMPUR ASSAM. VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. REP. BY THE SC DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE. 2:DIBYENDU BHAUMIK SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE GUWAHATI REGIONAL UNIT GUWAHATI. ------------ Advocate for : MR. P HAZARIKA Advocate for : SC DRI appearing for THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL ZOTHANKHUMA HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER Date : 14.05.2026 (M. Zothankhuma, J) Heard Mr. N.J. Dutta, learned counsel for the applicants-appellants. Page No.# 3/3 The matter pertains to conviction of the applicants-appellants under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the NDPS Act. The present application is for suspending the sentence to be undergone by the applicants-appellants pursuant to the Judgment dated 14.08.2023, passed by the learned Special Judge(NDPS), Lakhimpur, North Lakhimpur, in Special (NDPS) Case No.01/2018. The enforcement agencies had recovered commercial quantity of ganja from a mini truck weighing 470.200 kgs. After hearing the learned counsels for the parties and keeping in view the fact that final hearing of the main appeal has been fixed on 24.06.2026 and in view of Section 35 of the NDPS Act, we are not inclined to allow the present application at this stage. The I.A. is accordingly dismissed. JUDGE JUDGE Comparing Assistant