RAJ @ RAJU vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRA-S-2689-SB-2011 (O&M) 1- 203 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRA-S-2689-SB-2011 (O&M) Date of Decision:05.05.2026 Raj @ Raju …Appellant Vs. State of Punjab …Respondent Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Justice N.S.Shekhawat Present: Mr. Rohit Sharma, Advocate for Mr. J.B.S Gill, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Bhanu Partap Singh, Addl. A.G., Punjab. *** N.S.Shekhawat J. 1. The appellant has filed the present appeal against the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 28.09.2011, passed by the Judge, Special Court, SBS Nagar, whereby the appellant was ordered to be convicted for the offence punishable under Section 15 of NDPS Act and was sentenced as under:- Under Section 15 of NDPS Act R.I for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs.,1000, in default of payment of fine, to further undergo RI for a period of 15 days. 2. The brief facts of the present case are that on 09.09.2007, ASI- Surinder Kumar along with other police officials were on patrolling duty and were going towards village Gadhani. When the police party reached near Bridge Canal then one person was seen coming on scooter from the side of agricultural fields, who on seeing the police