Man gets 10-yr jail in drug case

Ludhiana, August 22

The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Dr Gurpreet Kaur has sentenced Manpreet Singh, alias Mantu, of Boothgarh, Khanna, to 10 years’ imprisonment for smuggling intoxicating tablets.

Besides, the convict has also been ordered to pay a fine of Rs 1 lakh. A case was registered against the accused on June 21, 2021, by Sadar Khanna police on the accusations of possession of drugs.

According to the prosecution, when the police were patrolling, they saw the accused coming from under a bridge holding a plastic bag in his hand. He got panicked on seeing the police and threw away the bag. When the bag was searched, 85 strips each containing 10 tablets of Tramadol Hydrochloride tablets were recovered from it. When asked, he could not give any satisfactory answer or produce valid licence. During trial, he pleaded not guilty but failed to produce any concrete evidence in his favour. After appreciating the evidence on record, the court found him guilty.