: The chief district and sessions court here has sentenced a person to three years imprisonment for possessing and selling charas.
Praveen Belchada from Arkana Kamblapadavu in Mudipu in the district was also ordered to pay a fine of Rs 25,000 failing which he would have to spend another year in jail.
The sentence was passed by the district and sessions judge M G Uma yesterday.
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Belchada was arrested in 2012 from near Sadashiva temple at nearby Suratkal during a raid. He was found to be in possession of 130 gms of drugs. The seized substance was sent to forensic laboratory at Bengaluru, which confirmed that it was charas.