CRA-S-152-2022 (O&M)
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
CRA-S-152-2022 (O&M).
Date of decision: June 02, 2022.
Lovepreet @ Lovi
... Appellant
Versus
State of U.T. Chandigarh
...Respondent
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS BAHL
PRESENT: None for the appellant.
Mr.Deepinder Brar, APP, U.T. Chandigarh.
VIKAS BAHL, J. (ORAL)
Challenge in the present petition is to the judgment dated 1.12.2021/2.12.2021 vide which the learned Judge, Special Court, Chandigarh, has convicted the accused-appellant under Section 22 (C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, and has sentenced the accused-appellant to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years and also directed the appellant to pay a fine of Rs.1 lac and on default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year for the offence under Section 22 (C) of the NDPS Act.
As per office report, the present appellant had also filed Criminal Appeal number CRA-S-91 of 2022 which was admitted vide order 1 1 of 2 ::: Downloaded on - 03-06-2022 23:00:56 ::: CRA-S-152-2022 (O&M) dated 20.1.2022 passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court and the recovery of fine was stayed. Thus, the present second appeal filed by the same appellant is a duplicate appeal and deserves to be dismissed on the said ground. Liberty, however, is granted to the appellant to pursue Criminal Appeal bearing number CRA-S-91 of 2022 and the order passed in the present case would not come in the way of the present appellant agitating the points available to the appellant in CRA-S-91 of 2022.
Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed with the above said observations.
June 02, 2022. (VIKAS BAHL)
raj arora JUDGE
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