JUDGMENT

This Criminal Appeal has been preferred as against the judgment of conviction passed by the I Additional Special Court for NDPS Act Cases, Madurai in C.C. No.91 of 2019, wherein the trial Court has convicted the accused for the offences under Section 8(c)r/w.20(b)(ii)(C)of NDPS Act and sentenced him to undergo 10 years rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/- in default to undergo six months simple imprisonment and acquitted the accused for the offence under Section 25 of the NDPS Act. As against the conviction the present appeal has been filed.

2. The case of prosecution is that on 30.09.2018at about 20.00 hrs when the Sub Inspector of Police and Head Constable of Intellectual Property Enforcement Wing Dingidul were working in Dindigul wing, P.W.3 received secret information from informer through phone. Immediately the same was recorded in the general diary and also informed to P.W.4, Inspector of Police, who is the superior officer. As per the instructions of the superior officer he formed a raiding party consisting of P.W.1, Special Sub-Inspector of Police, Head Constable and thereafter at about 03.00 p.m., they reached the spot and involved in the vehic