IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH JUDGEMENT JUDGEMENT OPERATIVE PART UPLOADED ON RESERVED PRONOUNCED PRONOUNCED OR ON ON FULL

23.04.2026 15.05.2026 FULL PRONOUNCED 15.05.2026 Satyawan @ Satyaban ...Appellant Versus State of Haryana …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR Present: Mr. Sandeep Kotla, Advocate for the Appellant-appellant.

Mr. Yuvraj Shandilya, AAG, Haryana.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

59 13.03.2019 Sadar Panipat 18 of NDPS Act 1985 Criminal Case Number NDPS Case No.RBT-290/2025 in the trial Court CIS No.40 of 2019 Date of Decision 08.01.2026 Convict’s name Penal provision Sentence Satyawan 18(b) of NDPS Act RI for 20 years with a fine of Rs. 2,00,000/-

CRA-D-445-2026

1. The Appellant, having been convicted and sentenced as captioned above, has come up before this Court under Section 415 BNSS (374(II) CrPC), and also seeks suspension of his sentence under Section 430 BNSS, 2023 (389 CrPC).

2. On March 13, 2019, the investigator received secret information that the appellant Satyawan deals in the illegal cultivation of opium plants on the plot of his sister in the district of