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12. PW-2 Ashok Kumar stated that on 30th June at about 4:10 PM, a Tata Sumo bearing registration No. JK 02AK 2937 was stopped near Varun Hotel. The vehicle was searched and two blue coloured polythene bags were recovered from beneath the seat. One of the polythene bags contained 46 corn cob leaves containing Charas and from another polythene bag, 500 grams of Poppy Straw was recovered. The Investigating Officer seized them on spot and they were weighed and sealed and thereafter, sent to the FSL. He proved the seizure memo of Charas and Poppy Straw and identified his signatures. It was marked as ExPW-AK. He also admitted the contents of seizure memo of the vehicle, memo of supurdnama, memo of personal search and memo of arrest and identified his signatures and they were marked as ExPW- 3/1AK, ExPW-3/2AK, ExPW-3/3AK and ExPW-3/4AK respectively. During cross examination, he stated that he had gone for search at about 3 PM from Police Station along with ASI Bhupinder Singh, Constable Roshan Singh and Rajinder Singh. Constable Roshan Lal stopped the vehicle and also searched the vehicle. Accused was also searched after search of the vehicle. Poppy Straw and Charas were also weighed by the Investigating Officer with the help of weighting scale from IO kit. Weight of the Charas along with corn cob leaves was 1Kg 696 grams and without corn cob leaves 1KG 492 grams. The corn cob leaves were also seized on spot but he does not know whether seizure memo was prepared or not. Both the packets were sealed by the Investigating Officer. There were passers-by and people also had gathered on the spot. His signatures and that of the respondent were also obtained at the time of sealing of the packet. The packets marked as A and B were shown to him, however, both the packets did not contain signatures of the accused or the witness. His statement was recorded by the Investigating Officer in the Police Station and seal marked as A and B was kept on supurdnama of Rajinder Singh. 40 grams of Charas and 30 grams of Poppy Straw were segregated for chemical analysis.

13. PW-4 Ravinder Singh proved the supurdnama of ring that was used for sealing the samples. He proved the memo that was already marked as Ex-PW 3/2AK. He stated that the Charas and Poppy Straw were seized in his presence. During cross examination, he stated that he saw the accused at the time of supurdnama of ring. He expressed ignorance as to how many seals were put on the packet. His statement was recorded by the Police on spot. He stated that Charas was recovered from the accused after he and Dy. SP reached on spot. The Investigating Officer told that the Charas was recovered from Sumo. The ring remained with him since occurrence till date.

15. PW-7 Madan Lal stated that he was witness to the supurdnama of the vehicle and he proved the supurdnama marked as ExPW 7/ML and also ExPW-7/1ML

16. PW-8 Raj Bhardwaj stated that he is also witness to the supurdnama of the vehicle as well as the documents and proved the supurdnamas marked as ExPW-7/ML and ExPW-7/1ML.

17. PW-9 Vikas Aggarwal stated that he was the owner of the vehicle and on supurdnama, the vehicle was released. During cross examination, he stated that the accused was plying the vehicle for the last 8 to 9 years and he was never involved in a case of such a nature.

18. PW-10 S. I. Bhupinder Singh Bhati stated that FIR was registered on 30.06.2010 after the information was received from reliable source and he along with police officials went near Varun Hotel at Railway Road Katra and laid a naka. DySP also reached on spot within 10 to 15 minutes. They stopped the vehicle bearing registration No. JK 02AK 2937 and the respondent disclosed his name as Kewal Krishan. The Dy.SP told the accused that he was carrying some intoxicant and gave him an option to be searched in presence of a Magistrate. The accused replied that he could be searched by any officer. The SDPO personally searched him. Thereafter, he searched the accused and he recovered polythene bags from beneath the seat of driver. There was Poppy Straw in one of the bags and Charas in the other. The Charas was wrapped in 46 maize cob leaves. The weight of the charas along maize leaves was 01 Kg 696 grams and weight of the Charas was 01 Kg 492 grams and weight of the Poppy Straw was 500 grams. He prepared two separate packets. He took out a total sample of 40 grams of Charas and a sample of 30 grams of Poppy Straw. The packets were prepared and sealed on the spot. The Charas was marked as A and A1 and Poppy Straw was marked as B and B1. The ring with which the packets were sealed was kept on the supurdnama of Sgct. Ravinder Singh. An amount of Rs. 2945/-, a Philips Watch and a Nokia mobile were also recovered from the personal search of the accused and seizure memo was prepared and he deposited the four packets in the malkhana. The packets were taken to Naib Tehsildar, Katra on 03.07.2010 for resealing and again deposited in the malkhana. The sample were deposited with FSL on 06.07.2010 and the report was received on 14.09.2010 and thereafter, the charge sheet was compiled and presented in the court. He proved the site plan that was marked as ExPW-10/BS. He also admitted the seizure memo with respect to Charas and Poppy Straw, seizure memo of vehicle, supurdnama of ring, seizure memo of personal search, memo of arrest of the accused, supurdnama of the vehicle.