Charas smuggling case, 9 years rigorous imprisonment to the convict

Mandi. An accused of charas smuggling in District Mandi has been convicted by the court. The court sentenced the accused to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 9 years under Section 20 NDPS Act and to pay a fine of Rs.20,000. The accused has been identified as Narpat Ram S/o Shobha Village Doba Post Office Batwada Tehsil Sundernagar District Mandi.

The sentence was pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge Special Judge Sundernagar. Sub-District Magistrate Sundarnagar Vinay Verma said that in case of non-payment of fine, he will have to undergo additional rigorous imprisonment of 6 months. According to Vinay Verma, on July 14, 2013, the police team of BSL Colony Sundernagar police station, Jatnala Chambi, during patrolling, recovered 955 grams of charas from the possession of accused Narpat Ram. A case was registered against the accused, which was investigated by Sub-Inspector Binny Manhas, the then in-charge of the police station, and after completion of the investigation, the challan was presented in the court.

In the court, the prosecution got the statements of 8 witnesses recorded. After hearing the prosecution and the accused, the court of Special Judge Sundernagar found the accused Narpat Ram guilty and sentenced him to the above sentence.