Per Mansoor Ahmad Mir, J.

1. This Criminal Appeal is directed against the judgment dated 12th October 2000 and order dated 22nd November 2000 respectively, passed by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Jammu in a case titled as State vs. Mohd Ashiqeen & Ors filed under sections 21,23,27-A and 28 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act ( for short the Act) in a case File No. 145/Challan of 1997 whereunder and whereby appellant-accused namely, Mohd Ashiqeen came to be convicted and sentenced under sections 20 and 23 of the Act.

Brief facts which have given birth to this appeal are to be noticed here as under:--

2. A charge sheet-complaint came to be filed by the Intelligence Officer DRI Amritsar before the trial court with the allegations that a specific information was received through reliable source which was reduced into writing and set the Intelligence Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in motion. A Naka was laid on 4th of September 1997 during the night at the BOP Jabowal in R.S. Pura Sector Jammu headed by Mr. I.P.Singh,Joint Assistant Director (J) of BSF Jammu and Mr. G.S. Kapoor, Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO), Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

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