PATNA, India, Sept. 10 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Aug. 12:

Heard learned counsel for the appellant and the learned APP for the State.

2. The present Criminal Appeal has been filed under Sections 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as 'Cr.P.C.') against the judgment dated 24.05.2006 and sentence dated 26.05.2006 in Sessions Trial No.243 of 1990 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No.5, Biharsarif, Nalanda (hereinafter referred to as the "Trial Court"), wherein the appellant has been convicted under Section 18 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (hereinafter referred to as "N.D.P.S. Act") and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for ...