JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Mr. C. Lalfakzuala learned counsel appearing for the appellant as well as Mrs. Linda L. Fambawl, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor, Mizoram. The appellant has challenged the impugned Judgment & Order dated 19.02.2019 passed by the District & Sessions Judge, Aizawl in SC No. 234 of 2015, by which the appellant has been convicted under Section 489-C Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo 3 years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs.1.00 lakh (rupees one lakh), in default S.I. for 6 months, vide Sentence Order dated 05.03.2019

2. Brief facts of the case is that a written FIR was submitted at the Police Station on 4.7.2015 by S. Sithlou, Superintendent, Anti Smuggling Unit, Customs, Aizawl, stating that on the basis of information received on 2.7.2015, a combined team of the Customs Anti-Smuggling Unit, Aizawl and troops of the Border Security Force arrested Lalramchuana, S/o Zarzoliana (L), Bawngkawn Durtlang Road, Aizawl on the same day on the World Bank road, at Falkawn, Aizawl. They recovered 970 (nine hundred seventy) fake Indian currency notes (FICNs) from him, each having a nominal denomination of Rs. 1,000/-(Rupees one thousand). The fake notes were seize