Against the judgment and order of acquittal passed by the Allahabad High Court the Union of India has companye in appeal by special leave.
The recovery of heroin from the two respondents was made on August 5, 1994.
They were companyvicted and sentenced by the trial companyrt by judgment and order dated May 11, 2000 and were finally released on being acquitted by the High Court by its judgment and order dated November 22, 2002.
AFTAB ALAM, J. The two respondents Shah Alam and Mazzum Haq were held guilty of illegally possessing 100 grams of heroin each and were accordingly companyvicted by the trial companyrt under Section 8 read with Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years and to pay a fine of Rs.1 lakh each and in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a further period of six months.
