A special court here today awarded 10 year rigorous imprisonment to a liquor shop owner and his employee, and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh each on them for stocking more opium husk than allowed.
Special Judge P K Sinha convicted Abhay Kumar Jain, the shop owner, and his employee Bharat, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Prosecution said that Jain had a license, granted by the Excise Department, for selling opium products.
However, in a raid on July 18, 2005 at his shop in Niranjanpur area, the Excise Department officers found 6,564 kg of opium husk in his stock against the permission for 5,000 kg.
