SANJAY K. AGARWAL, J.

1. Radhelal Satnami, appellant herein was tried for commission of offences punishable under Sections 4 & 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 (henceforth Act, 1908) on the charges that on 9.7.1999 about 17-50 in village Basabar, P.S. Gandai, District Rajnandgaon, from the possession of appellant four Live Detonator, Explosive Thread, Potassium Chlorate and Amonium Nitrate have been seized, which are explosive substances, from which the life and property could be endangered or by causing its explosion, life and property could be damaged.

2. The prosecution case as unfolded during the court of trial are as under:

2.1 On 9.7.1999, the Officer-in-Charge of police station - K.P. Banjare (PW-3) has received information by informer to this effect that in village Basabar, Radhelal Satnami, appellant herein has illegally kept the explosive substances in his house. On his information the said Officer along with Sub-Inspector Lahri reached to the house of appellant where he made raid in the house of appellant, in presence of witnesses one Lodhi and Domar and seized four live detonator, one explosive thread and 500 explosive substances of white colour, which wa