IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 06.03.2025 ANOOP SINGH ALIAS SONU ...Appellant Versus STATE OF PUNJAB ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Gursahib Singh Hundal, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Rishabh Singla, AAG, Punjab.

***

Harpreet Singh Brar, J. (Oral)

1. Present appeal has been preferred by the appellant against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 23.02.2006 passed by learned Judge, Special Court, Amritsar vide which the appellant has been convicted under Section 21 of NDPS Act and sentenced as mentioned below:

2. Learned counsel for the appellant inter alia contends that there is non-compliance of Section 50 of the NDPS Act. Further, the representative sample was sent after a delay of 9 days and no offer under the provisions of Section 50 of the NDPS Act was made. No independent witness had joined and the case of the prosecution solely rests on official witnesses. He furthe