( 1 ) THE appellant herein has brought under challenge his conviction under Secs. 23, 24 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Act, 1985 (for short the N. D. P. S. Act), and his sentence to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years and to pay fine of Rs. 1,00,000. 00 (Rupees one lakh only), in default to undergo imprisonment for a period of 3 months on each of the charges as per the judgment and order dated 22-1-1991 rendered by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Kheda at Nadiad in Sessions Case No. 155 of 1989.

( 2 ) THE committal case to the Sessions Court originated from the complaint Exh. 46 filed by Mr. C. R. Desai, Superintendent of Customs (Preventive), Ahmedabad bearing Criminal Case No. 1582 of 1989 in the Court of the Chief Judicial magistrate at Nadiad. According to the complaint when Mr. R. N. Kakkar, Deputy director, Narcotic Control Bureau, Bombay, received letter from Mr. C. R. Woodward, Drug Liaision Officer, Bombay, on 8-2-1989 informing him about the two album type books containing photographs of padded plastic covers left by one mr. Rajnikant Patel with Mr. Dilip and Kamlesh and the said books suspected to contain na