Daya Chaudhary, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed by appellant-Sawroop Singh against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 01.03.2005 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Fatehabad, whereby, he has been convicted and sentenced for offence under Section 15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (here-in-after referred to as 'the Act) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period often years and to pay a fine of one lac and in case of default of non-payment of fine, he was directed to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year. The said judgment dated 01.03.2005 is a subject matter of challenge in the present appeal. Briefly, the facts of the case are that on 15.06.1999, Sub Inspector Gurcharan Singh along with some other police officials was on official duty. A secret information was received that the appellant-Sawroop Singh was dealing in poppy straw at a large scale at Village Sardarewala and in case, a raid is conducted, the same can be recovered from him. An information Exhibit PD was reduced into writing and the same was sent to police station, Ratia for registration of case and F.I.R. was regi