(1.) State has appealed against the judgment dated 3.5.2010 of the learned Special Judge, Chamba Division, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, passed in Sessions Trial No.36 of 2009, titled as State of Himachal Pradesh v. Diwan Chand, challenging the acquittal of respondent Diwna Chand (hereinafter referred to as the accused), who stands charged for having committed an offence punishable under the provisions of Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the Act).
(2.) It is the case of prosecution that on 22.8.2009, police party, headed by HC Kartar Singh (PW-10), was on patrol duty at a place known as Koti.
(3.) Accused was charged for having committed an offence punishable under the provisions of Section 20 of the Act, to which he did not plead guilty and claimed trial.