Pappu vs State of Uttarakhand - 2026 Supreme(UK) 206

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

2026 Supreme(UK) 206

IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
ASHISH NAITHANI
Pappu – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Ramji Srivastava, learned counsel.
For the Respondent: Mr. Bhaskar Chandra Joshi, learned AGA

JUDGMENT :

Ashish Naithani, J.

This Criminal Appeal has been preferred under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the judgment and order dated 27.06.2007 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Almora in Special Sessions Trial No. 2 of 2004, whereby the Appellant has been convicted under Section 8/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years along with a fine of Rs. 10,000/-, with default stipulation.

2. This Court has heard Mr. Ramji Srivastava, learned counsel for the Appellant and Mr. Bhaskar Chandra Joshi, learned AGA for the State, and has perused the entire lower court record.

3. The case, in brief, is that, a police party allegedly apprehended the Appellant and, upon search, is stated to have recovered from his possession a bag containing ganja. It is the case of the state that the recovered contraband was weighed and its quantity was found to be 20 kilograms.

4. On the basis of the aforesaid alleged recovery, a First Information Report was lodged against the Appellant and investigation commenced. After completion of investigation, a charge-sheet was submitted agai