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14-yr jail term for 2 drug peddlers
FAST TRACK Court (I) Judge Dr AK Singh on Saturday sentenced two drug-peddlers to 14 years imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh each. Besides, the judge also awarded 10 years imprisonment and Rs 1 lakh each fine to six others for their involvement in the drug smuggling.
FAST TRACK Court (I) Judge Dr AK Singh on Saturday sentenced two drug-peddlers to 14 years imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh each. Besides, the judge also awarded 10 years imprisonment and Rs 1 lakh each fine to six others for their involvement in the drug smuggling.
Sources said the FTC judge had found Akilesh Kumar Bajpai, a resident of Nirala Nagar, Kanpur and Ratan Kumar Biswas, a resident of Etawah, guilty of smuggling drugs and awarded them 14 years imprisonment. He also sentenced six others Shabhu Prasad, Bhola Prasad, Lal Ji Yadav, Govind Singh, Virendra and Jitendra to 10 years imprisonment.
Sources said Intelligence Officer of the Narcotics Department Sanjeev Kumar Singh received an information that a huge haul of drug was coming to Kanpur from Nepal on March 5, 2004. He along with his staff started surveillance on the Lucknow-Kanpur highway when they observed a truck (No. UHM-9137) coming from Lucknow halted near Kanodia petrol pump. The sleuths observed that three persons— Shambhu, Bhola Prasad and Lalji Yadav— were sitting in the cabin.
When they question them, the occupants could not give them proper reply.
Therefore, the team carried out a thorough search of the vehicle and recovered 2.5 quintal of charas packed in 14 bags hidden in a special place made underneath the cabin.
During questioning, they told the narcotics team that they were going to deliver the contraband to one Akhilesh Bajpai. Later, the team raided the house of Akhilesh and arrested him along with three others Govind Singh, Virendra and Jitendra. Further inquiry reveled that the contraband was to be supplied to one Ratan Biswas of Etwah. He was also arrested later.
Six awarded jail term
SIX ACCUSED were awarded seven years’ imprisonment and fined Rs 10,000 each in a cross criminal case by FTC (II) judge SK Rastogi here on Saturday. The sentence was pronounced on two persons from one party and four from the other party.
According to court sources, complainant Nanhku, resident of Dheerpur under Vidhnu PS lodged a complaint against Lakhan, Harish Chandra and two other accused Babulal and Chhiddu ( both died during the trial),resident of the same village. The complaint said on November 11, 1998 at about 11 am, the accused opened fire with a countrymade pistol on Nanhku’s son Makhan and injured him.
However, a complaint was also registered by the accused with the Vidhnu police against Nanhku, Makhan, Kallu and Mahavir, alleging similar charges.
The cause of the dispute was that a relative of Nanhku Chandra Devi had thrown drain water over one of the accused.. The incident caused an argument between Lakhan and Makhan. Lakhan opened fire on Makhan and injured him..
A cross case was registered with the Vidhnu PS. The court found the accused from both the parties guilty and awarded punishment to all, barring Babulal and Chhiddu, who died during trial.
