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Though he pleaded it to be false evidence nothing was available to prove his plea. The trial court awarded the aforesaid punishment to the appellant.<\/li><li>The appellant being aggrieved by the aforesaid judgement\u00a0filed a criminal appeal before High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh which the court dismissed and confirmed the judgement and issued order of sentence.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hon\u2019ble SC\u2019s Observation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>There is a violation of provision under Section 50 of NDPS Act, 1985.<\/li><li>Only because the prosecutor did not examine any independent witness, the same does not automatically lead to the conclusion that the defendant was wrongly involved.<\/li><li>Contention of the appellant:\u00a0link evidence was incomplete but court\u2019s finding: chain of evidence was complete<\/li><li>Non-examination of ASP in whose presence the search was made which is fatal to the case of prosecution and it is in violation of Section 50 of NDPS Act, 1985. The perusal of the record reveals the ASP was summoned number of times but either service was not effected or as and when he was served, he sent a request for exemption from personal attendance stating valid reasons.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Decision:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Court cancelled the bail of appeal and ordered him to surrender within four weeks from the date of Judgement to serve the remaining period of sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yugashree | School of Law Sastra University, Thanjavur | 7th April 2020 Surinder Kumar vs. State of Punjab Facts: The appellant\u00a0accused of an offense punishable under Section 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the judgment of the Special Judge, Ferozepur\u00a0and sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of Rs. 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