Crl.A. No.667-DB of 2001 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.A. No.667-DB of 2001 DATE OF DECISION: July 30, 2010 SABRULLAH S/O MOHAMAD ALAM ...APPELLANT VERSUS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER CUSTOMS, ...RESPONDENT THROUGH INSPECTOR BALWINDER SINGH, AMRITSAR CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH. PRESENT: MR. VIKRAM CHAUDHARY, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANT. MR. D.D. SHARMA, ADVOCATE FOR THE RESPONDENT. ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J.(ORAL) This appeal has been filed by Sabrullah S/o Mohamad Alam who was an Afghan National. He was convicted under Section 22 and 23 of the NDPS Act and was sentenced to undergo R.I. for a period of 18 years alongwith fine of Rs.1 lac each, vide judgement dated 16.8.2001, passed by the Addl.Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Amritsar. Learned counsel for the respondent-complainant states that the appellant has already been deported back to Afghanistan, as he was an Afghan National. We had asked the counsel for the State to verify whether the appellant has been deported back or not. Ms. Manjari Nehru Kaul, Crl.A. No.667-DB of 2001 -2- Addl.A.G., Punjab states that she has verified from Superintendent, Central Jail, Amritsar and it is correct that the appellant has been deported back to Afghanistan on 4.7.2008. Keeping in view the fact that the appellant has already been deported back to his country, therefore, this appeal is dismissed, without discussing the merits of the case, in the peculiar circumstances mentioned above. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE July 30, 2010 (NAWAB SINGH) Gulati JUDGE