1. This appeal is directed against the judgment/order dated 1-12-1995 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Amritsar whereby the appellant has been convicted under Section 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short the Act) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1 lakh and in default of payment of fine to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years.

2. The facts necessary for the disposal of this appeal as contained in the First Information Report Ex: PC/1 are that on 18-8-1993. Inspector Sube Singh of Police Station Verowal along with A.S.I. Jagir Singh, Head Constable Harbhajan Singh and other police officials was present on the turning of Nagoke in connection with patrolling. He received a secret information that a person indulging in illicit trade of narcotics had been coming on Hero Honda every Wednesday and used to sell opium to the opium eaters near that village and the adjoining villages, and that day being a Wednesday, he would be coming from the side of Khalchain. On this information, Arjan Singh, a resident of Khadoor Sahib was joined in the Police Party which held naka in