Judgment

MATHEW, J.:- The appellant was charged by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sangrur, with an offence under Section 9 (a) of the Opium Act. He was found guilty of the offence and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a further period of six months.

2. The appellant appealed against the decision to the Sessions Judge, Sangrur. He dismissed the appeal.

3. The appellant filed a criminal revision before the High Court against the order of the Sessions Judge. The revision was also dismissed.

4. This appeal, by special leave, is from the judgment of the High Court.

5. The case against the appellant was as follows. The appellant presented Railway Receipt No. 641154 dated September 22, 1967, for consignment of a parcel of apples purporting to be from one Uchana Das of Solan to one Sham Lal of Dhuri and endorsed to him by the consignee, to the parcel clerk at the Railway Station, Dhuri and got delivery of he consignment. Head Constable Shiv Ram Singh got secret information at the Railway Station Dhuri that there was opium in the consignment. He organised a