RAJ MOHAN SINGH, J.

1. Appellant has preferred this appeal against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 27.09.2016 passed by Judge Special Court, Patiala, whereby he was convicted for the offence under Section 22 of the NDPS Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 10 years along with fine of Rs. 1,00,000/-. In default of payment of fine, he has to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 2 years. He was also convicted for the offence under Section 22(B) of the NDPS Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 3 years along with fine of Rs. 5000/-. In default of payment of fine, he has to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 6 months. Both the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

2. Prosecution story started with the allegations that on 21.04.2013, ASI Parkash Masih posted in Police Station Tripuri, Patiala along with his officials was on patrolling duty for search of bad elements. When the police party was present in the area of Green Park Chowk, one Manjit Singh came there and started talking with ASI Parkash Masih. In the meanwhile, one person was seeing coming from the