Srinagar: A youth from Bandipora was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by an area court docket in Srinagar for drug trafficking, following his conviction below the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on Thursday.
The Courtroom of 4th Extra Periods’ Choose Srinagar additionally imposed a wonderful of Rs One Lac on the convict Junaid Raina son of Abdul Jabber Raina of Kaloosa Bandipora. The convict has already spent one and a half years in jail in the course of the trial. Police Station Parimpora had recovered contraband substance from the convict in August 2020.
The court docket noticed that the involvement of the convict within the current case is a really critical crime given the fast unfold of the drug menace. “The character of crime dedicated could be very a lot a problem to the society. The gravity and nature of the offense dedicated is a giant problem to the society,” the court docket said within the judgment and located that the convicted is concerned in transportation and possession of the drug. “The character and sort of offense is an aggravating issue in opposition to the convict,” the court docket mentioned within the judgment.
The court docket, nonetheless, noticed that it took a lenient view whereas saying the quantum of punishment conserving in consideration that there is no such thing as a earlier legal document of accused, his antecedents, first offender, his household , particularly small youngsters.
The Courtroom said that the convict has been discovered concerned within the fee of offence U/S 8/21 NDPS Act and the punishment for the crime is laid in part 21 of NDPS. “The amount of contraband substance just isn’t such an enormous amount however just isn’t minimal additionally. It’s a business amount as has been held within the judgment…. The court docket has to award punishment and sentence, which should be proportionate and sufficient,” the court docket mentioned whereas saying the judgment.
Earlier State by means of Police Station Parimpora represented by Extra Public Prosecutor Mohammad Saleem prayed for extreme and most punishment of 20 years with a most wonderful to the convict given the rising drug menace within the valley. APP pleaded that the drug habit instances rise day by Day and the motion of the court docket needs to be very harsh to curb the menace.
Nonetheless, accused represented by Mohammad Abdullah Pandit pleaded for lienent view stating that convict is the one assist of his household and has to take care of his dad and mom , spouse and babies and there’s no legal background of convict.
Advocate Pandit submitted earlier than the court docket that the antecedents on convict are usually not adversarial to him. “He’s younger, so harsh and lengthy sentence is not going to solely inform upon his youth however his household additionally,” he pleaded and mentioned court docket has to contemplate all of the information , pleas raised , grounds pleaded whereas awarding the quantum of sentence.
Whereas presenting the details of the case, Advocate Pandit refereed to the FSL report and mentioned that FSL opinion solely with regard to the one strip and that doesn’t fall inside the definition of business amount and exceeds 6 gms from small amount . “The accused can’t be given the punishment for business amount in view of the proof on document and the fabric positioned on document by the prosecution””
Courtroom after saying the quantum of the punishment despatched the convict to Central Jail Srinagar and directed the superintendent of Police to maintain the convict in his custody for satisfying the sentence.
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