2026:CGHC:11523 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 1324 of 2018 Ramna Kuda S/o Mohan Kuda Aged About 21 Years R/o Bankaput, Patlunga, Post Office And Police Station Padwa Nandapur, District Koraput Odisha.

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versus State Of Chhattisgarh Through The District Magistrate Raipur District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

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For the Appellant : Pooja Yadav, Advocate on behalf of Mr.

Shivendu Pandya, Advocate.

For the State/Respondent : Mr. Vivek Mishra, PL.

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Hon'ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge Judgment on Board

10.03.2026

1. Challenge in the criminal appeal is to the impugned judgment of conviction and sentence dated 11.07.2018 passed in Special Case (NDPS Act) No.323/2017, by which, learned Special Judge, (NDPS Act), Raipur, (CG), convicted the appellant for offence punishable under Section 20(ii)(B) of the NDPS Act and sentenced him to undergo maximum RI for 02 years and fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default to undergo additional RI for 03 months.

2. Case of prosecution, in brief, is t