2 drug peddlers get 10 yrs in jail in Ludhiana for possession.
1 lakh each on the two convicts, and in default of payment of the fine, they will have to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for one year each.
On November 9, 2017, the Doraha police had booked Jalandhar residents 32-year-old Som Nath and Vikram Raja, aged about 30 years, under the NDPS Act for possession of intoxicating injections.
As per the prosecution, on the day ASI Sajjan Singh, along with other police officials, were present on the Delhi-Ludhiana stretch of the national highway, opposite Rajwant Hospital, Doraha.
At about 3pm, they saw two men carrying backpacks coming from the Doraha bus stand side. Upon seeing the police party ahead, they tried to turn back. On suspicion, ASI Sajjan Singh asked them to stop and apprehended them with the assistance of the police party.
While one of the accused identified himself as Som Nath, the other person disclosed his identity as Vikram Raja. Police later recovered intoxicant injections from their backpacks.
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Police later arrested the accused and presented a chargesheet against them in court. During the trial, the accused pleaded false implication. The defence counsels argued that no independent witness was joined by the police at the time of the alleged search and seizure.
The court didn't find merit in the contention of the defence.
It held that the evidence of official witnesses in this case has been able to withstand in-depth scrutiny, and nothing came to light that may discredit the same. The court also didn't find weight in the defence plea that the accused were falsely implicated. It observed that the accused have not alleged any ill-will or enmity with the police and, therefore, there was no reason for the police authorities to falsely implicate the accused in this case.
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