Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J.

1. Pargat Singh son of Swaran Singh resident of village Dode Kalsian, Tehsil Patti, District Amritsar has filed the present appeal aggrieved against the judgment and order of Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar, whereby he has been convicted under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (hereinafter to be referred as the Act) and has been sentenced to undergo RI for ten years and to pay a fine of Rupees one lac, in default of payment of which to further undergo RI for one year.

2. The present appellant was sought to be prosecuted in case FIR No. 122 dated 25.10.1995 by the police of police station Bhilkhiwind for having been found in possession of 30 injections of morphine, one vial and one syringe.

3. The case set out in the FIR is that SI Resham Singh along with his companion officials was present near Bus Stand Patti in connection with patrol duty, when a secret information is said to have been received that Pargat Singh appellant, who is running a shop near Gurdwara on Patti road, used to administer injections of morphine to young boys and drug addicts. It was further told that the appellant had gone to village Kale