Court awards 10 years imprisonment, fine of Rs 2 lakh each in NDPS case

Jammu: Court of Sessions Judge Udhampur convicted two accused persons in a NDPS Case and awarded 10 years of imprisonment to both of them and also a fine of Rs two lakh each, a police spokesman said in a statement issued here today.
The spokesman said that Principal Sessions Judge Udhampur Yash Paul Bourney convicted two accused persons namely Lakhbir Singh S/O Darshan Singh R/O Ludhiana, Punjab and Jatinder Singh S/O Inderjeet Singh R/O Ludhiana, Punjab in case FIR 179/2016 of P/S Udhampur U/S 8/15/29 NDPS Act in which 03 persons were caught red handed while transporting poppy straw in a vehicle at Jakhani naka Udhampur.
The third involved namely Prem Singh S/O Mukand Singh R/O Ludhiana Punjab is absconding after he was given temporary bail by the Court.
The Director General of Police J&K, Dilbag Singh has congratulated the investigators and prosecutors of the case for securing conviction of the accused, said the spokesman.