JUDGMENT

(Prayer: These Criminal Appeals filed under Section 374(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure seeking to set aside the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned I Additional Special Judge for NDPS Act, Chennai, in C.C.No.28 of 2016 dated 06.12.2018.)

Common Judgment:

1. These criminal appeals have been filed against the judgment of conviction passed by the learned I Additional Special Judge for NDPS Act, Chennai, in C.C.No.28 of 2016 dated 06.12.2018.

2. The respondent police registered a case against all the accused for the offence punishable under Sections 8(c) r/w 29, 8(c) r/w 22(c) & 8(c) r/w 28 and against the accused 2 to 4 for the offence under Section 8(c) r/w 27(A) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter, referred to as ”NDPS ACT”). The learned Special Judge taken cognizance of the complaint in C.C.No.28 of 2016 and after completing formalities, since found prima facie case against the appellants, framed charges for the offence under Sections 8(c) r/w 29, 22(c) and 28 of NDPS Act, 1985, against A1 and Section 8(c) r/w 29, 22(c), 27A and 28 of NDPS Act, against A2 to A4.

3. Before the trial Court, in order to prove the case of the