IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Appeal No.1534-SB of 2011 (O & M) Date of Decision: September 13, 2011 Shabir Khan .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Satnam Singh Gill, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Crl. Appeal No.1534-SB of 2011 [2] 1. Challenge in this appeal is to judgment dated 26.4.2011 vide which the appellant has been convicted for commission of offence under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, for being in possession of 10 kgs of poppy husk. Vide order passed on the same date, the appellant has been sentenced to undergo 8 months rigorous imprisonment and pay fine ` 2,000/- (in default of payment of fine, rigorous imprisonment for one month). 2. Reply filed in Court on behalf of the respondent- State is taken on record. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant contends that the appellant has already undergone approximately six months of actual/ substantive sentence. 4. Learned counsel states that the appeal is not pressed on merits. Let quantum of sentence be reduced. 5. I have considered the contentions of the learned counsel. 6. The appellant is stated to have aged parents. The appellant is the only bread earner for the family. Appellant is the first offender. 7. Considering the undergone period in context of the fact that appellant has suffered the rigours of trial since June 2008 and also considering responsibility to his aged parents, the Crl. Appeal No.1534-SB of 2011 [3] sentence of the appellant is hereby reduced to the period already undergone. Order of sentence re: payment of fine is however maintained. 8. The appeal is accordingly dismissed with modification in order of sentence as noted above. (AJAI LAMBA) September 13, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?