JUDGMENT

Arvind Singh Sangwan, J. - This appeal is taken up in the category of the cases which are listed on Saturdays where the convict is in judicial custody and is being represented by a Legal Aid Counsel. As per the custody certificate filed in the Court, the appellant has undergone 02 years and 03 months of custody and he is not involved in any other similar case.

2. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of conviction dated 10.1.2017 vide which the appellant was held guilty of offence punishable under Section 22-C of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (in short 'the NDPS Act') as well as the order of sentence dated 10.1.2017, vide which the appellant was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years and to pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year.

3. Brief facts of the case are that on 14.12.2013, ASI Bhupinder Pal Singh, along with police officials, was going from Adampur to Arjanwal Mahmadpur side in connection with patrol duty. When the police party was at some distance from the bridge situated in the area of village Arjanwal, a young cle