These appeals have been filed to set aside the judgment dated 29.01.2016 passed in C.C.No.4 of 2013 by the II Additional Special Court for NDPS Cases, Chennai.

2. For the sake of convenience, the accused, viz., Krishnan Sridaran Rajendran @ Krishnan Seedaran Rajendran @ Madan [A1] and Chaval Shimanram @ Rahul [A2] will be referred to as Madhan [A1] and Chaval [A2] respectively.

3. The factual matrix of the prosecution case is as under:

P.V.Jayaraman [P.W.1], Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), received information on 08.07.2012, to the effect that one Babulal of Ahmedabad, along with one Chaval [A2], Proprietor of Rajeshwar Textiles, Ground Floor, New No.194, Old No.236, Thambu Chetty Street, Mannadi and one Madhan [A1], a Sri Lankan national having Passport No. N-0990980 are indulging in trafficking of narcotic drugs and they have transported a consignment from Ahmedabad to Chennai, which would reach Rajeshwar Textiles around 11.00 in the morning.

[a] P.V.Jayaraman [P.W.1] recorded the information vide Ex.P.1 and submitted the same to the Assistant Director, DRI, Chennai, who further directed R.Padmanabhan, Senior Intelligence Officer, DRI, Chenn