Sec 38 woman convicted in NDPS case

Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Chandigarh, April 8

Rajeev K Beri, Judge, Special Court, Chandigarh, has convicted a 34-year-old woman, Deepa, a resident of Sector 38-D, Chandigarh, in an NDPS case registered against her two years ago. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on April 11.

As per prosecution, the woman was arrested with banned injections on January 31, 2021 near the Sector 39/40 roundabout. During checking, the police recovered a bag from her containing 28 injections of Pheniramine Maleate of 10 mls each and 22 injections of Buprenorphine of 2 mls each wrapped in a foil paper. The woman failed to show any valid license for keeping the banned drugs.

After investigation, the police filed a chargesheet against the accused. Finding a prima facie case, charges were framed against the accused for the offences punishable under Section 22 of the NDPS Act to which she pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.

The counsel for the accused argued that she was falsely implicated in the case. He claimed that the accused was picked up from her house earlier from the time reflected in the prosecution evidence and was shown as having possessed the alleged contraband when nothing actually was recovered from her. No independent witness was joined in the police proceedings at any point of time.

The public prosecutor argued that the prosecution had proved the case beyond the shadow of doubt. The prosecution examined seven witnesses to prove the case. He said the accused had failed to justify the possession of contraband.

After hearing the arguments, the court said the prosecution had proved the case beyond the shadow of doubt. The total solution weight of these Buprenorphine injections was 44.5 grams, which was commercial in nature. In view of this, the accused was held guilty for the charges framed under Section 22 of the NDPS Act.