SURAJPAL ALIAS SURUJ vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G. — CRA/1589/2025

Disposed: Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED on 15th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010316522025

Filing Number

CRA/11970/2025

Filing Date

22-Jul-2025

Registration No

CRA/1589/2025

Registration Date

05-Aug-2025

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

CRIMINAL MATTERS ( 14 )

Sub-Category

CRIMINAL MATTERS RELATING TO DRUGS & COSMETICS, NDPS ACT. ( 1416 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

15-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED

Last updated 22-May-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SURAJPAL ALIAS SURUJ

    Adv. Lukesh Kumar Mishra,DURLABH KUMAR AGRAWAL,DURLABH KUMAR AGRAWAL, ,Vinay Nagdev,Faiz Kazi,GIRISH SAHU,AKASH MISHRA,MANOJ KUMAR YADAV,DURLABH KUMAR AGRAWAL

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G.

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 15-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

    The High Court of Chhattisgarh upheld the appellant Surajpal's conviction under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the NDPS Act for possessing 11.81 kg of ganja, but reduced his sentence from 7 years rigorous imprisonment to 1.5 years, considering his custodial period already served, lack of criminal antecedents, and rehabilitation principles. The fine of Rs. 50,000 imposed by the trial court was maintained. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 13-Apr-2026

    Motion Hearing Matters

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal

  4. 03-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  5. 11-Sep-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Parth Prateem SahuView PDF

  6. 07-Aug-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay Kumar JaiswalView PDF

  7. 07-Aug-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  8. 22-Jul-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. CRA/1589/2025

casestatus.in Summary

The High Court of Chhattisgarh upheld the appellant Surajpal's conviction under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the NDPS Act for possessing 11.81 kg of ganja, but reduced his sentence from 7 years rigorous imprisonment to 1.5 years, considering his custodial period already served, lack of criminal antecedents, and rehabilitation principles. The fine of Rs. 50,000 imposed by the trial court was maintained. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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