Anant S. Dave, J.

1. The State of Gujarat has preferred this Appeal under Section 378 [1] (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1974 {"CrPC" for short} against the order of acquittal dated 21st April 2005 of the respondents herein for the offence punishable under Sections 20 (b), 8 (c) read with Section 29 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 {"Act" for short} passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad in Sessions Case No. 159 of 2001.

2. The brief facts necessary to dispose of this Appeal are that on 11th June 2001, the Superintendent of Police, Narcotic Control Bureau, CID Crime received a secret information that one Abdulgani Abdulrasul Bhatt, a resident of Jammu & Kashmir has rented a Flat No. 11 in Karnavati Avenue, Near CTM Cross-roads possesses huge quantity of 'Charas'. On the basis of this tip-off, the Superintendent of Police summoned Dy. SP-Shri Pandey of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Cell for arranging a raid. Accordingly, Dy. SP raided the said premises with his subordinate officers and recovered 26 kgs & 400 grams of 'Charas' packed in different packets from the said flat. The police party also seized currency n