IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.

783 CRA-S-4126-SB-2018 (O&M)

Decided on: April 24, 2026.

SATNAM AND ANOTHER ...Petitioner Versus STATE OF HARYANA …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ PRESENT Mr. D.S. Virk, Advocate, for the appellants.

Mr. Onkar Singh Wahla, Sr. DAG, Haryana.

VINOD S. BHARDWAJ. J. (ORAL)

The instant appeal has been preferred against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 18.09.2018 passed by the Special Judge, Kaithal, in Sessions (NDPS) case bearing No.37 dated 23.11.2016 arising out of FIR bearing No.197 dated 26.10.2016, under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘NDPS Act’), registered at Police Station Guhla, District Kaithal, whereby the appellants have been convicted for commission of offence under Section 15 (b) of the NDPS Act, for having been found in possession of 02 kilograms of poppy straw and vide order of even date have been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two years and to pay a fine of Rs.25,000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo simple imprisonment for a period of two months.

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