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2026 Supreme(Online)(ATFP) 142

APPELLATE TRIBUNAL FOR FORFEITED PROPERTY
Balesh Kumar, Member, Rajesh Malhotra, Member
Balwinder Singh @ Wattan Singh – Appellant
Versus
The Competent Authority, Delhi – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:Shri P.P Nayak, Advocate
For the Respondents:Ms. Vaishali Rastogi, Advocate

Table of Content
1. property freeze order affirmed based on past conviction. (Para 1 , 2)
2. appellants' arguments on income disregarded. (Para 3)
3. respondent's counterarguments analyzing income evidence. (Para 4)
4. insufficient evidence to overturn freezing order. (Para 5)
5. appeal dismissed with right to provide better evidence. (Para 6)

FINAL ORDER

12.03.2026

Dictated by: Rajesh Malhotra

The present appeal u/s 68-O of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 is filed by the appellants against the order dated 09.05.2024 u/s 68F(2) passed by the Competent Authority, whereby the Freezing Order dated 15.04.2024 passed by the SHO, PS, Bhagapurana, District: Moga, Punjab was confirmed, qua the following properties of the appellants:-

2. As per the facts of the case on 28.08.1996, Punjab Police recovered 40 Kgs. of Poppy Husk from the possession of Shri Balwinder Singh @ Wattan Singh. Accordingly, FIR No. 108 dated 28.08.1996 was registered against him for commission of offence u/s 15 of the NDPS Act, 1985 at PS, Sadar Moga, Punjab. Shri Balwinder Singh was convicted by Special Judge, NDPS Court, Faridkot on 30.07.2002 and was sentenced to undergo Rigours Imprisonment for 1

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