R.L. Khurana, J.—The present appeal through Jail has been preferred by the appellant, hereinafter referred to as the accused, against the judgment dated 5.11.1998 passed by the learned Special Judge (Sessions Judge), Solan, in Case No. l-S/7 of 1998 whereby the accused has been convicted of the offence under Section 20, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short: the Act) and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for ten years and to pay a fine of Rs. one lakh. In default of payment of fine, the accused has been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a further period of one year.

2. The prosecution story, briefly, may be stated thus. On 17.3.1997 PW 13, ASI Pushap Lata, Incharge Traffic Solan, while on duty at a crossing received secret information that a person of particular description/was coming in a bus from Nahan carrying "Charas". A report about this was got recorded by her at Police Post City, Solan. She then associated PW-12 ASI Chaman Lai and Constable Rakesh Kumar and Dalip Singh. They posted themselves at the road crossing in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner, Solan. At about 10 a.m. or 10.30 a.m. a HRTC bus from Habban arrived and stopp