JUDGMENT :

M. R. SHAH, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order dated 28.11.2019 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in CRA-DB No.311 of 2018 by which the High Court has dismissed the said appeal preferred by the appellant herein -original accused and has confirmed the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the Learned Special Court convicting the accused for the offence punishable under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter to be referred to as 'the Act") and sentenced the accused to undergo 15 years R.I. and to pay a fine of Rs.2 Lakhs and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo one year R.I., original accused has preferred the present appeal.

2. At the outset, it is required to be noted that vide earlier order dated 16.12.2020, this Court has refused to interfere with the conviction of the appellant for an offence punishable under Section 21 of the Act however, has issued notice confined to the question of sentence. Therefore, in the present appeal the question of sentence of 15 years R.I. with fine of Rs.2 Lakhs and in default to undergo further on