RAVINDER SINGH vs STATE OF PUNJAB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 228 CRA-S-1577-SB-2012 (O&M) Date of decision: 04.05.2026 RAVINDER SINGH ......Appellant VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .......Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ ***** Present: - Ms. Satpreet Kaur Ahluwalia, Advocate for the appellant. Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Senior DAG, Punjab. ***** VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral) 1. This is an appeal against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 10.04.2012 passed by the Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib whereby the appellant had been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 2 years and to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- (and in default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for two months) for commission of offence under Section 15(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 in case arising out of FIR No. 113 dated 06.06.2009 registered at Police Station Gobindgarh. 2. Briefly stated, the prosecution case is that on 06.06.2009, a police party headed by SI Ram Lal, accompanied by HC Nazar Singh and other police officials, was present in the area of village Ajnali in connection with patrolling duty and detecti