JUDGMENT :

Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.

These appeals are directed against the judgment of conviction dated 25.07.2017 and the consequent order of sentence dated 26.07.2017 passed by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, N.D.P.S. Act, East Champaran, Motihari in N.D.P.S. Case No. 11 of 2014 arising out of Raxaul P.S. Case no. 26 of 2014 whereby and whereunder the appellants in these three appeals have been convicted under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) read with Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’). They have been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a term of 12 years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1 lac each and on default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months.

2. The prosecution case, in short, is that on 14.01.2014 at 10:10 AM, the informant Mukesh Kumar HC/GD, SSB 13th Battalion Bhelahi, received a piece of information from the Assistant Commandant, SSB regarding the movement of three riders on a Platina Motorcycle somewhere near College Road, Raxaul. Having received such information, the informant constituted a team consisting of seven constables, namely, Sapan V