2026:CGHC:1768 Digitally NAFR signed by ARPAN ARPAN SRIVASTAVA SRIVASTAVA Date:

2026.01.30 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

17:53:17 +0530 CRA No. 549 of 2016

1 - Smt. Sunita Jain W/o Anu Jain Aged About 30 Years Occupation Labour, R/o Village Mahrajpur, P.S. Aadhartal, Civil And Rev. District Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

2 - Smt. Sudama Patel W/o Santosh Patel Aged About 35 Years Occupation Labour, R/o Village Chapri, P.S. Katangi, Civil And Revenue District Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

3 - Santosh Kumar S/o Bhagwan Das Aged About 48 Years Occupation Labour, R/o Village Chapri, P.S. Katangi, Civil And Revenue District Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

... Appellants versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Police Station Sariya, District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.

... Respondent(s)

For Appellants : Mr. Sanjay Agrawal, Advocate For State/Respondent : Mr. S.S. Bhagel, G.A. Hon'ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge Judgment on Board

12.01.2026

1. Challenge in this criminal appeal is to the impugned judgment of conviction and sentence dated 15.03.2016 passed in NDPS Special Case No.01/2015 by which learned Special Judge, (NDPS Act), at Raigarh (CG), convicted the appellant for offence punishable under Section