Judgment

G.P. Mathur, J.—Karamjit Singh has preferred this appeal against the judgment and order dated 2-2-1996 of the Designated Judge, New Delhi in Sessions Case No. 140 of 1991, by which he was convicted under Section 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substances Act and was sentenced to 5 years R.I. thereunder and was further convicted under Section 3 and 5 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (hereinafter referred to as "the TADA") and was sentenced to 5 years R.I. and 5 years and six months R.I. respectively under the two counts. The sentences awarded to him were ordered to run concurrently.

2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the appellant Karamjit Singh at the relevant time was working as driver in Delhi Police and was residing with his wife in quarter no B-12 in Police Station Mehrauli, which had been allotted to his father-in-law, Didar Singh, who was also a constable. A secret information was received that the appellant was involved in terrorist activities and that he was allowing the terrorists to stay in his residence and had also in his possession some explosive material. It was accordingly decided to conduct a search of his residential prem