Ludhiana: An area court has sentenced two males to 10-year rigorous imprisonment in a drug peddling case.
Judge Jagdeep Singh Marok of the particular court additionally imposed a positive of Rs 1 lakh each and every at the convicts, recognized as Mohd Izaz Ansari, 26, and Ladla Kumar, 20 of Champaran Bihar. In case of non-payment of excellent, they are going to must further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a year.
On March 18, 2016, the Government Railway Police (GRP) had arrested Ansari and Ladla with 4kg charas on the Ludhiana railway station.
As in step with the prosecution, on that day, police officers deputed close to RMS place of business, circulating house, railway station, Ludhiana, noticed the duo at platform number one. They were sporting a bag and each and every of them were retaining one strap of the bag. On seeing the police party, they attempted to turn back. But police nabbed them and seized four kg charas from the bag. GRP later introduced a chargesheet in the case in the court.
During the trial, the duo had pleaded false implication.
The further public prosecutor for the state had pleaded for punishment to the accused at the basis of prosecution evidences.
Defence counsels had argued that the investigating officer (IO) didn't make any effort to enroll in any impartial witness on the spot even as the accused were apprehended at a place which was densely populated.
Turning down the defence plea, the court observed, “The plea relating to non-joining of impartial witnesses on behalf of defence would additionally no longer be enough to dispel the claim of prosecution relating to involvement of present accused in the commission of alleged offence. It is definitely that testimony of legitimate witnesses is as excellent as that of private particular person and reliance can straightway be placed at the statements of said police officers who while discharging their legitimate tasks are at all times assumed to act carefully.”
“In the prevailing case, it is a likelihood recovery on the platform of Ludhiana railway station and below these circumstances, if the IO has no longer joined any impartial witnesses, then it can't weaken the case of the prosecution,” the court said.
The court additionally grew to become down the plea of defence counsels once they alleged that there are several contradictions and omissions in the testimony of prosecution witnesses. The court said, “The defence can't make much capital out of the discrepancies in the testimony of legitimate witnesses as minor contradictions are bound to occur even in the testimony of most truthful witnesses with the passage of time. All the witnesses have deposed in a reasonably satisfactory way.”
Judge Jagdeep Singh Marok of the particular court additionally imposed a positive of Rs 1 lakh each and every at the convicts, recognized as Mohd Izaz Ansari, 26, and Ladla Kumar, 20 of Champaran Bihar. In case of non-payment of excellent, they are going to must further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a year.
On March 18, 2016, the Government Railway Police (GRP) had arrested Ansari and Ladla with 4kg charas on the Ludhiana railway station.
As in step with the prosecution, on that day, police officers deputed close to RMS place of business, circulating house, railway station, Ludhiana, noticed the duo at platform number one. They were sporting a bag and each and every of them were retaining one strap of the bag. On seeing the police party, they attempted to turn back. But police nabbed them and seized four kg charas from the bag. GRP later introduced a chargesheet in the case in the court.
During the trial, the duo had pleaded false implication.
The further public prosecutor for the state had pleaded for punishment to the accused at the basis of prosecution evidences.
Defence counsels had argued that the investigating officer (IO) didn't make any effort to enroll in any impartial witness on the spot even as the accused were apprehended at a place which was densely populated.
Turning down the defence plea, the court observed, “The plea relating to non-joining of impartial witnesses on behalf of defence would additionally no longer be enough to dispel the claim of prosecution relating to involvement of present accused in the commission of alleged offence. It is definitely that testimony of legitimate witnesses is as excellent as that of private particular person and reliance can straightway be placed at the statements of said police officers who while discharging their legitimate tasks are at all times assumed to act carefully.”
“In the prevailing case, it is a likelihood recovery on the platform of Ludhiana railway station and below these circumstances, if the IO has no longer joined any impartial witnesses, then it can't weaken the case of the prosecution,” the court said.
The court additionally grew to become down the plea of defence counsels once they alleged that there are several contradictions and omissions in the testimony of prosecution witnesses. The court said, “The defence can't make much capital out of the discrepancies in the testimony of legitimate witnesses as minor contradictions are bound to occur even in the testimony of most truthful witnesses with the passage of time. All the witnesses have deposed in a reasonably satisfactory way.”
2 men get 10-yr jail for charas smuggling
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