IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 03.11.2025 Date of Decision :15.12.2025 Jodh Raj and another ......Appellants Versus State of Punjab ...... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Ms. Monika Jalota, Advocate-amicus curiae for the appellants Mr. Eklavya Darshi, DAG, Punjab.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH , J . (Oral) :

A trial conducted by the Court of Sessions, i.e. the learned Special Judge (Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985), Kapurthala, for the commission of offence punishable under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, hereinafter being referred to as "the NDPS Act" culminated into conviction of all the two accused and as a consequence thereof, by virtue of order of the same date, both the accused/convicts were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten ₹

years and to pay fine of 1,00,000/-each. In default of payment of fine the convicts were sentenced to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years each. It was further ordered that the period of detention already undergone by the accused, during the course of investigation or trial, be set-off against the sentence a