1. - This criminal appeal by appellant arises out of the judgment dated 19.04.95 passed by the District & Sessions Judge, Jaipur District, Jaipur by which he has convicted the appellant under Section 8/18 of the Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, the NDPS Act) and sentenced him to undergo 12 years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs. one lakh, in default of payment of fine, to further undergo two years rigorous imprisonment.

2. The facts of the case are that a credible information was received in the office of Superintendent of Police, C.B.I., SIU XI, New Delhi on 22.10.91, which was reduced to writing and registered. The information was to the effect that one Dinesh Kumar Jain @ Jagdish S/O Shri Gopi Lal Jain, R/O Pipli Chowk, Village Padava along with others from Jhalawad and Jaipur is indulging in the nefarious trade of Narcotic drugs, specially opium and is likely to supply a huge quantity of opium near Hotel City Centre near Bus Stand Jaipur on 26.10.1991. Dy. S.P. CBI Shri R.S. Saroha formed raiding party consisting of himself, ASI Bal Kishan, HO Jagram, Constables Raj Kumar, Lalit Singh, Surjan Singh and left Delhi by staff vehicle N