Virender Singh, J.

1. Both the appellants are stated to be in custody since the date of their arrest. Keeping in view their long period of detention, which includes their detention period as undertrial prisoners, the instant appeal has been set down for final hearing.

2. Dyal Singh son of Gurdas Singh and Saudagar Lal son of Gurdev Lal, the appellants-herein (hereinafter to be called the `accused) were booked in case FIR No. 71 dated 29.5.1999, under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (for short to be referred to as the `Act), registered at police station Phillaur, District Jalandhar. Vide impugned judgment of learned Judge, Special Court, Jalandhar they stand convicted for the said charge and have been sentenced to undergo RI for ten years and to pay a fine of Rs. one lac each, in default of payment thereof to further undergo RI for 12 months each.

3. Briefly, the case of the prosecution is that on 29.5.1999 at about 5.20 p.m. SI Sarabjit Rai, the then SHO, police station Phillaur (PW-5) along with other police officials was present at Adda Lasara in connection with patrol duty when he received a secret information to the effect that Jaswinder