JUDGMENT - CHITRE J.G., J.:---Heard Counsel for the parties in context with the evidence on record.

2. The appellant is hereby assailing the correctness, propriety and legality of the judgment and order passed by the Special Court for N.D.P.S. Cases in Special Case No. 137 of 1997.

3. The prosecution case in brief can be stated as mentioned hereunder.

P.I. Patel received the information on 9-12-96 at about 12-30 p.m. when he was present in Narcotic Cell of Azad Maidan Police Station. The information was that the person named Hasan Inamdar was likely to attend Hanuman Mandir at Hanuman Mandir Road, Khar for selling narcotic drug between 4.00/ 4.30 p.m. on the same day. As per the prosecution case, P.I. Patel reduced the said information in writing in information book and after drawing the extract of information personally delivered the same to Assistant Commissioner of Police as well as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Narcotic Cell. Thereafter panch witnesses were summoned. The information was disclosed to them as well as to Arvind Narayan Wadhankar P.S.I. and other staff members and after preparing pre-raid panchanama by giving security of police to panch witnesses, the raiding party

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