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Six persons get 12-years imprisonment for carrying ganja

03:09 PM Apr 23, 2018 | Team Udayavani |

Gaya(Bihar): A Gaya court today sentenced six persons to 12-years in jail for carrying contraband ganja. The six persons, including a woman, were found guilty by Additional and District Sessions Judge (ADJ)(II) Priti Verma under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act for carrying ganja.

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The judge sentenced them to 12-years in jail and also fined them Rs 2 lakh each. According to prosecution lawyer Sadulla Faruqui, the police had seized three quintals of ganja from two vehicles on September 4, 2016 near Suryamandal revenue post on national highway 2 (GT road).

On the basis of the then Barachatti station house officer’s statement, six persons – Anita Singh, Upendra Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Rajendra Kumar Arya, Yatindra Chauhan and Mohammad Shabbir were named in the FIR as accused persons under the NDPS Act.

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