The respondent no. 2 filed counter against the
bail application through e-mail during COVID-19,
pandemic lockdown with exemption application to
exempt the respondent no. 2 from filing affidavit in
support of the counter.
The exemption application is accepted with the
condition that directions of the Notification No.
86/UHC/Admin.B/2020 dated 11.04.2020 of this
High Court will be followed by the respondent no. 2.
The counter of respondent no. 2 is taken on
record.
The Criminal Appeal No. 93 of 2020 has been
filed by the appellant-applicant against the Judgment
& Order dated 22.01.2020, passed by the Special
Sessions Judge, N.D.P.S. Act, Dehradun in Special
Sessions Trial No. 40 of 2013 State Vs. Pranay Sati,
whereby the appellant has been convicted and
sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10
years with a fine of Rs. 1,00,000/- in the offence
punishable under Section 8/20 (b) (ii) (B) read with
Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred as, "the
Act, 1985").