The Criminal Appeal arises out of the judgment, dated 15.11.2002 in S.C.No.280 of 2002 on the file of the Additional District and Sessions Court (Fast Track Court), Chennai-1, whereby the appellant-accused was convicted for the offence under Section 4(1)(i) of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act and sentenced to undergo one year rigorous imprisonment, also convicted for the offence under Section 4(1)(aaa) of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act and sentenced to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and also convicted for the offence under Section 4(1-A) of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act and sentenced to undergo two years rigorous imprisonment. The sentences imposed on the appellant-accused were directed to run concurrently.

2. The case of the prosecution is as follows:

(a) The respondent-Inspector of Police, Prohibition and Enforcement Wing, Guindy Unit, Chennai, filed the charge sheet against the appellant-accused in Cr.No.1718 of 2001, stating that the accused possessed 35 litres of country arrack in three plastic cans with intoxicating drugs with poisonous substance, stating that on 26.10.2001, P.W.1 Sathish, Sub-Inspector of Police, P.W.2 Selvam Head Constable and one Tami