VIKAS KUMAR vs STATE OF PUNJAB

2026:PHHC:082441 eee gate CRM-M-30194-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 142 CRM-M-30194-2026 Date of decision : 25.05.2026 VIKAS KUMAR ... PETITIONER Versus STATE OF PUNJAB .. RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.GREWAL Present:- | Mr. Naveen Bawa, Advocate for the petitioner. KKK H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of BNSS (corresponding Section 482 of Cr.P.C.) for quashing of order dated 18.04.2026 (Annexure P-2) passed by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Ludhiana to the extent whereby the prayer of the petitioner qua suspension of payment of fine of Rs.2,00,000/- has been declined, while allowing the application for suspension of sentence filed alongwith the appeal bearing CRA No.562 of 2026 (Annexure P-2) having registration date 18.04.2026 titled as ‘Vikas Kumar Vs. State of Punjab’ filed against the judgment and order dated 23.03.2026 (Annexure P-1), whereby the petitioner was convicted for the offence under Section 61(1)(a) Proviso III (second part) of the Punjab Excise Act, 1914 and sentenced to undergo RI for 2 years and fine of Rs. 2,00,000/- in FIR No.32 dated 13.02.2020, under Sections 61, 78,