Man gets 10-year rigorous imprisonment in NDPS case

Chandigarh, December 11

A local court has sentenced a resident of Mani Majra, Gurwinder Singh, to undergo 10-year rigorous imprisonment after convicting him under Section 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The court also imposed a fine of Rs1 lakh on the convict.

The police had arrested Gurwinder Singh on August 27, 2018, with 10,000 ‘lomotil’ tablets and 800 ‘pyeevon spas’ plus capsules. Five injections each of ‘buprenorphine omgesic’ ‘pheniramine meleate’ were also recovered from his possession.

As per the prosecution, the accused was arrested near the Sector 26 light point, Chandigarh. He was coming in a car. After seeing the police, he tried to flee. However, the police apprehended him on the spot. The accused failed to produce any valid permit or licence for the drugs.

After investigation and getting CFSL reports, the police presented a chargesheet against the accused in the court. Charges were framed against the accused to which he pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.

Inderjit Bassi, counsel for the accused, claimed that he was falsely implicated in the case. She also claimed that the contraband recovered from the accused was not commercial quantity.

Public prosecutor Hukam Singh, while arguing on the quantum of sentence, demanded that deterrent punishment should be awarded to the convict.

After hearing the arguments, Jaibir Singh, Judge, Special Court, Chandigarh, said the prosecution was successful in bringing home the guilt against the accused beyond every shadow of reasonable doubt. It awarded 10-year RI to the accused and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him. — TNS