ORDER :

1. This appeal arises from the judgment and order dated 7th May, 2013 passed by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench at Indore in Crl.A.No.1213 of 1997 by which the High Court dismissed the appeal filed by the appellant herein and thereby affirmed the judgment and order of conviction passed by the Trial Court for the offence punishable under Section 8 read with Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (For short “the NDPS Act”).

2. The case of the prosecution may be summarized as under:

(i) An ASI officer by name Musharraf Beg lodged an FIR No.713/96 dated 30.12.1996 with the S.H.O., Police Station, G.R.P. Ujjain which reads thus:

“Regarding registration of the crime, it is submitted that I, ASI M.Beg received information from the informer while attending the duty on 29.12.96 at 22.15 o'clock that a dark complexioned person is traveling in Bhopal Rajkot 1270 up train in the gallery of the bathroom at the last compartment of General Coach, carrying three separate cartoon packets. He is sitting on one of them. This information was entered in General Diary no. 2381 on 29.12.96 and to confirm the information constable Braj Mohan was sent to