(Per : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J.R.VORA)

1 Both the instant Appeals are preferred by the appellants under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to read with Section 36-B of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the NDPS Act ) against the Judgment and Order rendered by the Additional Sessions Judge, Court No.9, City Sessions Court, Ahmedabad, on 28th of January, 2004, in Sessions Case No. 143 of 2000 and Sessions Case No. 295 of 2000, whereby the present appellant Smt. Najmunisha, wife of Abdul Hamid Chandmiya @ Ladoo Bapu, accused No.1, came to be convicted by the Trial Court, for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b) (ii) (c) to read with Section 29 of the NDPS Act and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment of 10 years and to pay fine of Rs. 30,000/-, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment of one year. Though she was also found guilty for the offence punishable under Section 25 of the NDPS Act, but no separate sentence was imposed. While appellant Abdul Hamid Chandmiya @ Ladoo Bapu - accused No.4 also came to be convicted by the Trial Court for the offences punishable under Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)