1. This judgment shall dispose of Criminal Appeal No.584/2007 (Laxminarayan v. State of Madhya Pradesh) and Criminal Appeal No.339/ 2008 (Umashankar v. State of Madhya Pradesh).

2. Each of the appellant, being aggrieved by the judgment dated 18.4.2007 passed by the Special Judge, NDPS Act, Neemuch in Special Sessions Trial No.3/2005 (State of M.P. v. Laxminarayan and another) convicting appellant Umashankar under section 8/l8B of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/-, in default of payment of fine to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for one year and convicting appellant Laxminarayan under section 8/18B-29 of the NDPS Act and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and pay a fine of Rs.1,00,000/-, in default of payment of fine to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for one year, have filed the separate appeals.

3. The prosecution case in short is that on 2.9.2004 Assistant Sub-Inspector (Police) Shri RS. Chauhan of Police Chowki Nayagaon received an information that appellant Laxminarayan and Umashankar were driving unnumbered