Youth gets 10-yr jail for carrying banned vials

  • | Saturday | 21st September, 2019

Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, September 20A local court has awarded 10-year imprisonment to a 22-year-old resident of Sector 35 here for carrying banned injections. As per the prosecution, a police team saw a youth coming from the YPS Chowk, Mohali, side at a naka on the road dividing Sectors 61 and 52. On seeing the police, he got nervous and took a U-turn. As he could not produce any licence or permit for carrying the injections, a case under Section 22 of the NDPS Act was registered against him on July 5, 2017. As the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt, the court convicted the youth and sent him to jail for 10 years.

Chandigarh, September 20 A local court has awarded 10-year imprisonment to a 22-year-old resident of Sector 35 here for carrying banned injections. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convict, Mahesh Negi. As per the prosecution, a police team saw a youth coming from the YPS Chowk, Mohali, side at a naka on the road dividing Sectors 61 and 52. He was carrying a polythene bag in his hands. On seeing the police, he got nervous and took a U-turn. On the basis of suspicion, the police stopped him. During a search, 16 injections of buprenorphine were recovered from him. As he could not produce any licence or permit for carrying the injections, a case under Section 22 of the NDPS Act was registered against him on July 5, 2017. As the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt, the court convicted the youth and sent him to jail for 10 years.

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