JUDGMENT :

Heard Ms. S.K. Nargis, learned counsel for the appellant as well as Mr. S.C. Keyal, learned Standing Counsel, DRI.

2. This appeal under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (‘Cr.P.C.’ for short) is preferred against the impugned Judgment and Order, dated 19.05.2017, passed by the learned Special Judge (NDPS Act)-cum-Addl. Sessions Judge, FTC No. 3, Kamrup (M) at Guwahati in NDPS Case No. 11/2015, whereby the accused appellant has been convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 (ten) years and to pay fine of Rs.1,00,000/-(Rupees One Lakh), in default, to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 1 (one) year under Section 21(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘N.D.P.S. Act’ for short).

3. The prosecution story, in brief, is that on 20.08.2014, acting on specific information, the officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, (‘D.R.I.’ for short), Guwahati searched a truck bearing registration No. NL-02-K-4844 at Jalukbari area, Guwahati at about 20:00 hours which was parked on the roadside of NH-37. The DRI officials found the present accused/appellant sitting inside the truck and he introduced himself as the handyman o