IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 06.03.2025 MAJOR SINGH ...Appellant Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Ishan Thakur, Advocate for Mr. L.S. Sidhu, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Rishabh Singla, AAG, Punjab.

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Harpreet Singh Brar, J. (Oral)

1. Present appeal has been preferred by the appellant against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 05.09.2005 passed by learned Judge, Special Court, Sangrur vide which the appellant has been convicted under Section 18 of NDPS Act and sentenced as mentioned below:

2. Learned counsel for the appellant inter alia contends that the appellant has been convicted for one year and six months for keeping in possession of non-commercial quantity weighing 700 gms of opium. During the course of investigation, no independent witness had joined. Seal after use was handed over to Head Constable who returned the seal to the Investigating O