Two get 10-year jail for smuggling intoxicating injections

The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Harvinder Singh has sentenced Somnath, alias Sonu, and Vikram Raja, residents of PAP Complex, Jalandhar, to 10 years’ imprisonment each for being found guilty of smuggling a large quantity of intoxicating injections. The court has also ordered the convicts to pay a fine of ?1 lakh each.

The prosecution informed the court that the case was registered on October 2, 2017, at the Doraha police station on the basis of a tip-off.

Sajjan Singh told the court that his team had set up a checkpoint near Rajwant Hospital, Doraha. According to the tip-off, around 3 pm the two suspects were seen coming from the Doraha bus stand. On noticing the police naka, they tried to flee the spot. Both were carrying backpacks on their shoulders.

On suspicion, the police apprehended them. On searching the backpacks, 200 intoxicating injections were recovered. The suspects could not produce any permission or valid documents for possessing the same. Consequently, the police arrested them and produced them before the court. After hearing their arguments and examining the evidence, the court awarded them the sentence.