NDPS case: Nawanshahr youth gets 10-yr RI, to pay Rs1L fine

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 2

A local court has sentenced a 23-year-old resident of Nawanshahr, Lovepreet Singh, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and has imposed a fine of Rs1 lakh after convicting him under Section 22 of the NDPS Act.

Lovepreet was arrested by the police on July 7, 2018, in Sector 43, Chandigarh, in the case. As per the prosecution, the accused was apprehended with 70 injections of buprenorphine (2 ml each) and 70 injections of pheniramine maleate (10 ml each). The police had claimed that the accused failed to produce a licence for the injections. Counsel for the accused claimed that the accused was falsely implicated in the case. After hearing arguments, Dr Rajneesh, Judge, Special Court, Chandigarh, said the prosecution had successfully proved the case against the accused.

The court said the period of detention already undergone by the convict during the course of the investigation or trial shall be set off against the sentence of imprisonment imposed upon him as per provisions of Section 428 of the CrPC.

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