COMMON JUDGMENT

The appellants/A1 & A2 in C.C.No.20 of 2019 on the file of the I Additional Special Court for NDPS Act Cases, Madurai, have filed these appeals, challenging the conviction and sentence imposed against them on 25.01.2022, wherein, they were convicted for the offence under Section 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) of the NDPS Act r/w 34 IPC and under Sections 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 25 and under Section 8(c) r/w 20(b)(ii)(C) r/w 29 of NDPS Act, for the alleged illegal possession of 251.500 kg of ganja without having any valid licence.

2. Since these appeals are arising out of the same occurrence and filed against the judgment of conviction made in C.C.No.20 of 2019 on the file of the I Additional Special Court for NDPS Act Cases, Madurai, these appeals are taken up together for hearing and disposed of by way of this common judgment.

3. The brief facts of the case as follows:

3.1. On 11.06.2018, at 05.30 pm, when P.W.1 was working as Intelligence office, NCB, Madurai, he received a secret information from his informant about the appellants' illegal possession and transportation of huge quantity of ganja near Anjaneya Hotel, Latchumipuram Toll Gate, Kodaikanal to Batlagundu road. He