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3. The prosecution story, in brief, is that on 11.06.2018, at around 7.30 am, at Guwahati Railway Station, the train checking party of the Government Railway Police Station (GRPS), Guwahati led by one ASI SK Jha, recovered four packets of suspected morphine from the possession of the accused /appellant who was travelling in the Coach No.1-A , seat No.48 of the 12423 Down Rajdhani Express Train. On enquiry, the accused /appellant disclosed that he had purchased the morphine at Dimapur Bus Stand from an unknown Naga Page No.# 3/10 person and he carried the same to Kanpur for business purpose. Later on, SI Biswajit Rabha, who was entrusted for preliminary steps, weighed the suspected morphine and found the total weight to be 900 grams.
7. P.W. 2, SI Biswajit Rabha, the search and seizing officer, deposed that on 11.06.2018, he was posted at the Guwahati GRPS. On that day at around 7.30 am while the train checking in-charge of the GRPS, namely ASI SK Jha was checking the coaches of the Rajdhani Express train in Coach No.A-1, Berth No.48 found four packets of suspected morphine in a black- coloured bag. The said bag belonged to the passenger Saulat Rasool (accused/appellant herein), aged about 40 years. Thereafter, he weighed the four packets of suspected morphine and found the weight of each packet to be 225 grams and seized the same in presence of witnesses. During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he was carrying the morphine for business purpose. He further recovered voter ID card, Aadhaar Card, two mobile handsets and one Railway ticket relating to his journey from Dimapur to Kanpur.
8. PW-3 Premchand Singh, UBC, deposed that on 11.06.2018, during checking of the Rajdhani Express train with his colleagues in the compartment No. A-1, Seat No.48 found suspected morphine in a black bag carried by a passenger. The passenger was sleeping over the said bag containing suspected morphine. After some time, SI Biswajit Rabha arrived with one weighing scale and weighed the suspected morphine. SI Rabha collected eight samples from the four packets of suspected morphine and took his signature on the sample packets and seized other articles from the said person.

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9. PW-4, Gajendra Nath Deka, Joint Director, Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratory, Assam deposed that he examined the samples of suspected morphine as per the United Nations Drug Testing Manual and on examination, the sample gave positive tests for morphine and the percentage of morphine was 69.27. Ext. 4 is the report prepared by him.

10. PW-5, ASI Dinesh Deka deposed that while he was on train checking duty on 11.06.2018 along with his staff, they entered into the compartment No. A-1, Seat No.48 of Rajdhani Express and found one passenger with a backpack and inside the said bag they found powder like substance. Thereafter, they informed the officer-in-charge of the Guwahati GRPS. After some time, SI Biswajit Rabha, the search and seizing officer, arrived at the platform and weighed the suspected morphine by official weighing scale and found the weight to be 900 grams. Biswajit Rabha also recovered one Aadhaar Card, Voter ID Card, Railway ticket and two mobile handsets from the passenger and seized the same vide Ext. 1, the seizure list. Ext. 1 (4) is his signature thereon.