( 1 ) THE appellant ( the accused for short) was tried by the learned Additional City Sessions Judge, Court No. 13, City Sessions Court, Ahmedabad in Sessions Case No. 255 of 1999 for commission of the offences punishable under Section 8 (c) read with Sections 21 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ( ndps Act for short), arraigned on the charge of having found with contraband article charas weighing 257 grams, without pass or permit, when he was intercepted and apprehended near Lal Mills Cross Roads, adjacent to SRP Point, Gomtipur, on the basis of the prior information received by P. W. 1, Ravindrakumar Kashiram Bhatt, Senior Police Inspector. At the end of the trial, the accused was found guilty of the offences with which he was charged and as his complicity is proved, the learned Judge of the trial Court convicted him vide judgment and order dated 5. 5. 2000 for commission of the offences punishable under sections 8 (c) read with Sections 21 and 29 of the NDPS Act and sentenced him to suffer R. I. for ten years and fine of Rs. 1 lakh i. d. , R. I. for further period of one year. Aggrieved by the aforesaid judgment and order of con