1. This appeal is directed against the judgments dated 6-6-2000 and 8-6-2000 passed by the Additional Sessions Juge, Fatehabad convicting the appellant-accused, Gurdev Kaur, under S. 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and sentencing her to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years and a fine of Rs. 1,00,000.00. In default of payment of fine, the accused was directed to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year.

2. On 21-3-1998, Assistant Sub Inspector Anup Singh along with Constables Om Parkash, Dharampal and Dalip Singh was present at the bus stand, Ratia in connection with patrolling and detection of crime. He received a secret information that Gurdev Kaur daughter of Makhtiar Singh resident of village Ladhuwas had alighted from the bus which had arrived from Fatehabad and was sitting on the Bench waiting for boarding a bus to Village Ladhuwas. The informer also conveyed to him that she was in the business of sale of opium and it was possible that she might have come from Rajasthan carrying opium. Finding this information to be reliable, he secured the presence of Shri Dhar