THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO + CRIMINAL APPEAL No.78 OF 2013 % Dated 27.11.2025 # Jadhav Gopal S/o.Chennu, Aged: 29 years, Caste: Lambada Occ: Agriculture, R/o.Nimmatanda Grampanchayat, Kothapalli.

….Appellant VERSUS $ The State of A.P. through The Public Prosecutor, High Court of AP, Hyderabad.

… Respondent ! Counsel for Appellant : Mr.Vivek Jain ^ Counsel for Respondent : Mr. M. Vivekananda Reddy < GIST:

> HEAD NOTE: ? CITATIONS:

1. (2024) 11 SCC 421

2. (2021) 4 SCC 1

3. (2008) 4 SCC 668 4. (1990) 2 SCC 409 5. (1999) 6 SCC 172 6. (2011) 1 SCC 609

7. (2016) 11 SCC 687 8. (2010) 12 SCC 495

9. (2000) 2 SCC 513

10. 2002 (2) ALD Crl. 298 (SC)

11. 2011 (1) ALD (Crl.) 781 (A.P.)

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J.SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL APPEAL No.78 of 2013

JUDGMENT:

This Criminal Appeal has been filed by the appellant/accused aggrieved by the judgment passed by the learned Special Judge for trial of Cases under N.D.P.S. Act-cum-I Additional Sessions Judge, Adilabad (for short, the ‘trial Court’), dated 17.01.2023, in N.D.S.C.No.1 of 2012, where under, the appellant was found guilty for the offence under Section 20(b)(i) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short