Jammu court sentences drug convict to 3 years in 18-year-old NCB case
A local court has sentenced a drug peddler to three years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000, bringing to a conclusion an 18-year-old narcotics case, the Jammu unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Sunday.
The NCB secured the conviction of Kunnu Bharti alias Abhinandan, who had jumped bail granted in 2010 and remained beyond the reach of the trial for several years, a spokesperson of the agency said.
On December 3, 2008, a team of NCB recovered 960 grams of charas, concealed in a polythene bag, from the possession of Bharti in Kashmir Basti area of Jammu. During the course of the trial, the accused jumped bail granted in 2010, resulting in the proceedings against him remaining pending, the spokesperson said. In a significant breakthrough, he said the NCB subsequently traced him to Jammu’s Amphalla jail and secured his production before the competent court in August last year, thereby bringing him back within the judicial process.
It wasn’t immediately clear under which case the accused was sent to Amphalla jail.
Following sustained legal proceedings, a special NDPS court here sentenced Bharti to three years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on August 11, the official said.
