Nepali youth sentenced for possessing charas

A special court today sentenced a Nepali youth to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh for possessing over a kg of charas.
Special Judge Krishan Kumar also ordered Naresh Bahadur, a resident of Anchal tehsil, to undergo an additional two years of imprisonment if he failed to pay the fine.
Bahadur was nabbed on February 8 last year by a police team from Balh Mandi police station while they were patrolling at night.
Bahadur tried to escape the spot seeing the police, but he was arrested by the police and one kg and 600 grams of charas was seized from him.

A case was registered under section 20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act against the accused and a chargesheet was filed against him.
The court observed that since the quantity of contraband was of commercial quantity so the convicthas to be dealt strictly.
As per the order of court the convict was today transferred toCentral Jail Nahan from Sub Jail Mandi where he was earlier lodged.