Judgment

M.R. Verma, J.— This appeal has been preferred by the appellant convict (hereafter referred to as ‘the accused’) against the judgment dated 23-2-2001, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Una, where-by the accused has been convicted under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (hereafter referred to as ‘the Act’) and has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and to pay a fine in the sum of Rs. 1,00,000 and in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for a further period of two years.

2. Case of the prosecution against the accused in brief, is that on 15-3-2000, Sub-Inspector Ranjit Singh of Police Station, Una (PW-9) alongwith a few other police officials, was on patrolling and detection of crime duty at Purana Hospital Chowk, Una. At about 6.30 p.m. LHC Dalbir Singh (PW-5) informed him that he had received a secret information that the accused was present outside his shop with a view to sell charas. On receipt of this information, PW 9 recorded statement of PW 5 Ex. PA and also recorded the grounds of his being satisfied of the correctness of the information Ex. PB, and sent the same to the Sup