In this criminal appeal, the High Court of Punjab & Haryana upheld the conviction and sentence of the appellant for possession of 140 fake currency notes of denominatio
The appeal was dismissed in toto; conviction and sentence were upheld.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
CRA-S-3040-SB of 2014 (O&M) Date of Decision : 29.04.2015
Gurnam Singh
.....Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab
...Respondent
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.P. NAGRATH
1. Whether Reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?
3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest?
Mr. Gurveer Sidhu, AAG, Punjab.
R.P. Nagrath, J. (Oral)
The appellant faced trial of the charge for offence under Section 489-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for being found in possession of 140 fake currency notes of the denomination of 500/- each. Learned trial Court convicted the appellant and awarded him the sentence to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years and to pay fine of 5000/-, in default of making payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months.
On 19.03.2008, the police party headed by SI Jaswinder
Pal Singh was going on a vehicle from village Saifabad towards village Aatti for checking of suspicious persons and patrolling. When they reached near the bridge of river Tahang, the appellant
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was found coming on foot from village Aatti, who on seeing the police party tried to run away and was apprehended on suspicion. The appellant was holding a bag of black colour in his right hand and the same was checked. The bag was found containing 140 fake currency notes of the denomination of 500/- each. These fake currency notes were prepared into a parcel, Ex. PA. Intimation with regard to arrest of the appellant was also sent to the _Sarpanch_ of the village of appellant. Investigating Officer also prepared rough site plan Ex. PD. On personal search, 200/- and one mobile phone were recovered from the appellant and these were taken into possession vide memo Ex. PF.
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almost completed the sentence awarded to him. I would rather observe that the sentence awarded to the appellant is already on the lower side. There is, thus, no question of any reduction in the sentence.
April 29, 2015 ( R.P. NAGRATH ) jk JUDGE
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the conviction and sentence for possession of fake currency notes under Section 489-B IPC should be upheld in the appeal.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Gurnam Singh
State of Punjab
R.P. Nagrath
As recorded by the court registry
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