SUKHDEV SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THESE three Criminal Revision Petitions bearing No. 945, 946 and 947 of 1987 which have been filed by Sukhdev Singh, have been put up for hearing by the office is one lot but inasmuch as the facts and circumstances of all three cases are different, the revision are proposed to be decided by separate orders.

(2.) CHALLENGE herein is to an order of conviction and sentence recorded by Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Barnala, dated March 14, 1986, vide which the petitioner was held guilty for an offence under Section 9 of the Opium Act and sentenced to undergo R.I. for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 500/- or in default thereof to further undergo R.I. for two months. The appeal preferred by the petitioner against his conviction and sentenced came to be dismissed by the learned Sessions Judge, Barnala on September 17, 1987.

(3.) IN its endeavour to substantiate its case, the prosecution examined two official witnesses, namely, Head Constable Gurnam Singh PW1 and SI Lashkar Singh PW2 who fully supported the prosecution version. Report of Chemical Examiner Ex.PE and affidavits Ex. PF, PG and PH were tendered into evidence.