Mr. Mehinder Singh Sullar, J. (Oral) - Assailing the impugned judgment of conviction & order of sentence dated 19.11.2008, appellant-convict Baldev Singh alias Deba son of Bawa Singh (for brevity “the appellant”) has preferred the instant appeal, vide which, he was convicted & sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years, to pay a fine to the tune of Rs.1 lac and in default thereof, to further undergo RI for a period of one year, on accusation of having committed an offence punishable under section 22 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter to be referred as “the NDPS Act”) by the Judge, Special Court.

2. Tersely, the facts, material and evidence, unfolded during the course of trial, culminating in the commencement, relevant for disposal of the present appeal and emanating from the record, are that, on 8.8.1997, a police party headed by Mandeep Singh (PW3) SI/SHO of Police Station Sarhali received a secret information that Jaswant Singh, Hira Singh (acquitted accused) and Baldev Singh (appellant) were indulging and bringing some oil, used for preparing Heroin in a truck, bearing registration No.PB-02-D-9621. On the bas