JUDGMENT

The Intelligence Officer, Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB), Chennai is the complainant. The appellant, Anandam Gundluru is the accused. The complaint against the appellant alleging conscious possession of about 1½ kg of Heroin with intention to transport illegally to Kuwait, thereby committed offences under Sections 8(c) r/w 21(c), 22(b), 23(c) and 29 of Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act, tried before the Special Court for NDPS Act Cases at Chennai in C.C.No.15/2015.

2. To prove the charges 8 witnesses, 47 documents and 10 Material Objects were relied on the said of the complainant. The Trial court found the accused guilty of offence under Sections 21 (c) and 23 (c) of NDPS Act. Found him not guilty of offence under Sections 22 (b) and 29 of the NDPS Act.

3. Aggrieved by the conviction and sentence of 10 years RI with fine of Rs.1,00,000/-, in default to undergo one year RI for each of the offence, the present appeal is filed.

4. The facts of the case as spoken by the witnesses:—

PW-1 (Mr.M.R.Aravind), the Intelligent Officer of NCB, Chennai while in Office on 15/09/2014 received an information through phone that one Venkateswara Rao of Chittor, Andra Pradesh