IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Appeal No. 4010 of 2013 Reserved on: 25.11.2025 Date of Decision: 19.12.2025 Bal Krishan ...Appellant Versus State of H.P. ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No For the Appellant : Mr Rupinder Singh Minhas, Advocate, vice Mr Tarun K. Sharma, Advocate.

For the Respondent : Mr Prashant Sen, Deputy Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Judge The present appeal is directed against the judgment of conviction dated 14.5.2013 and order of sentence dated 16.5.2013, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Hamirpur, District Hamirpur, H.P., (learned Trial Court), vide which the respondent (accused before learned Trial Court) was convicted of committing an offence punishable under Section 20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) and

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years, pay a fine of ₹50,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to fu.rther undergo simple imprisonment for six months. (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they were arrayed before