JUDGMENT

Arijit Pasayat, J.-Leave granted.

2. The Union of India questions legality, desirability and proprietary of reducing sentence after conviction as done by the Rajasthan High Court in the impugned judgment. The respondent was found guilty of offences punishable under Section 9A/25A and 9A/25A read with Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985( in short the Act ).

3. Factual background which led to trial of the respondent is essentially as follows:

Shri R.P. Sharma, Director of Narcotics Control Bureau, Jodhpur received a confidential information on telephone in the night dated 12.12.1995 about illicit transactions of Acitic N Hydride and on the basis of it he constituted a team of officers of the Department vide order Exb. P-1 and the team alongwith the Director, Narcotics Control Bureau, Jodhpur started for Sri Ganganagar at 21.00 hours. Dr. R.P. Sharma informed officers of the team that one thousand litre Acitic N Hydride has been reportedly concealed in a Kachha Kotha (unripe-room) constructed in the field situated on the way of village Bhagasar Aborlya and village Chak Maharajka or in the nearby area. B.S. Vasistha (PW-1) was appointed as the s