2026:CGHC:8323 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Criminal Appeal No.101 of 2017 Arjun Ram Sahu S/o Uday Ram Sahu, Aged About 36 Years R/o Village Sarsopuri, Post Office And Police Station Arjuni District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh ... Appellant versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The District Magistrate, Dhamtari, District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh ... Respondent For Appellant : Smt Jyoti Kaushik on behalf of Shri Shivendu Pandya, Advocates.

For Respondent/State : Shri Rajkumar Sahu, P.L.

Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma Judgment on Board SISTLA 16.02.2026 NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA

1. This Appeal has been preferred against the judgment SISTLA NEELIMA VISHNU PRIYA Date: 2026.02.17 dated 09.12.2016 passed by the learned Special Judge N.D.P.S Act, Dhamtari, District Dhamtari (C.G.) in Special Criminal Case No.20/2016 whereby, the Appellant has been convicted for the offence under Section 20 (b)(ii)(B) of NDPS Act and sentenced to undergo R.I. for four years and to pay fine of Rs.20,000/- with usual default stipulation.

2. The prosecution story, in brief, is that on 01.02.2016 at about 17:20 hours, the In-charge Police Inspector of Police Station Crime Branch, Dhamtari, along with his