Punishment for contravention in relation to poppy straw where the contravention involves quantity lesser than commercial quantity but greater than small quantity, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to
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Answer: B
The punishment may extend to ten years, with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees.
Section 15 of the NDPS Act punishes contraventions relating to poppy straw by quantity: small quantity, rigorous imprisonment up to one year or fine up to ten thousand rupees or both (clause a); more than small but less than commercial quantity, rigorous imprisonment up to ten years and fine up to one lakh rupees (clause b); commercial quantity, ten to twenty years and fine of one to two lakh rupees (clause c).
So option A is the small-quantity penalty and option C the commercial-quantity one, neither of which applies to an intermediate quantity.
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