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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 264/1998 State Of Rajasthan ----Appellant Versus Kishana Ram S/o Prabhu Ram R/o Mazwas Distt & PS Nagour ----Respondent For Appellant(s) : Mr. N.S. Chandawat, Dy.G.A.

For Respondent(s) : None present HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI

Judgment

09/04/2026

1. The present appeal has been preferred by the State of Rajasthan under Section 378(1) & (3) Cr.P.C. assailing the judgment and order dated 29.07.1997 passed by the learned Special Judge, NDPS Act Cases, Jodhpur in Sessions Case No. 15/1997, whereby the accused respondent Kishana Ram has been acquitted of the charge under Section 8/18 of the NDPS Act by extending the benefit of doubt.

2. The record reflects that leave to appeal was granted to the State at an earlier point of time, and pursuant thereto, the present appeal has been taken up for final adjudication on merits.

3. The prosecution case, in substance, is that while on routine patrolling, the police party noticed the accused respondent behaving suspiciously and attempting to flee upon seeing the police vehicle. This conduct aroused suspicion, whereupon he was apprehended and subjected to s