IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision :17.02.2026 Yadwinder Singh @ Pappu ......Petitioner Versus State ...... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA PARTAP SINGH Present : Mr. P.S.Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rohit Bansal, Sr. DAG Punjab.

SURYA PARTAP SINGH , J . (Oral) :

For the commission of offence punishable under Section 61-1-14 of Punjab Excise Act, the FIR No.7 dated 12.01.2002 was lodged in police Station Tapa. With regard to above mentioned FIR the petitioner was sent to face trial before the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Barnala, hereinafter being referred to as ‘trial Court’. After trial the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate held the petitioner guilty for the commission of above mentioned offence, by virtue of judgment of conviction dated 08.03.2007, and on the same day, by virtue of order on quantum of sentence awarded following sentence to the petitioner:-

2. Aggrieved of the above mentioned judgment of conviction and order of sentence, the petitioner preferred an appeal in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, Barnala, hereinafter being referred as ‘Appellate Court’. The appeal preferred b