SMT. V. K. TAHILRAMANI, J.:- The appellant - original accused has preferred this Appeal against the Judgment and Order dated 31.10.2012 passed by Special Judge under NDPS Act in NDPS Special Case No. 108 of 2010. By the said Judgment and Order, the learned Special Judge convicted the appellant under Section 21 (c) r/w 8(c) and Section 28 r/w 23(c) r/w 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ("the NDPS Act", for short). On both counts, she was sentenced to R. I. for 15 years and tine of Rs. 1,00,000/- in default SI for six months.

2. The prosecution case briefly stated, is as under:

(a) PW 1 Shri. Bhosale, the Intelligence Officer in Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) was on duty at Sahar International Airport, Mumbai from 8.00 pm on 29.12.2009 to 8.00 am on 30.12.2009. He was on duty in the departure module and his job was to keep surveillance on passengers leaving Mumbai by any Airlines. At about 3.00 a.m., he was standing in front of Ethiopian Airlines counter. Flight No. ET-611 was scheduled at that time. It was supposed to leave at about 5.00 a.m. There was a queue at the counter. The appellant was in the said queue. She had one purse with her as well