Mangaluru: The principal district and sessions court , the designated NDPS court, on Saturday awarded five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 to a person convicted for peddling ganja Judge K S Achar convicted Imtiyaz, 28, a resident of KC Road, Kotekar, while another accused Abdul Azeez was acquitted for lack of evidence.On December 19, 2016, police inspector M A Nataraj, then rendering service at Kavoor police station, had nabbed Imtiyaz while peddling ganja on Kulur-Kavoor road. Azeez had allegedly managed to escape. As much as 2kg ganja and a motorcycle were seized.As Imtiyaz was in jail for seven months, he will have to serve only the remaining jail term. The convict will have to serve an additional six-month jail term in case he fails to make payment of the fine. The court has directed the government to confiscate the motorcycle used in peddling ganja.Investigating officer K R Naik had submitted the charge sheet under NDPS Act. Public prosecutor K Pushparaj Adyanthaya represented the government.

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