DARBHANGA, Feb. 24 -- A local court in Darbhanga on Tuesday sentenced a drug peddler to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The judgment was pronounced by Santosh Kumar Pandey, district and first additional sessions judge-cum-special judge (NDPS), in NDPS case no. 12/22. After completing the trial, the court found Jhunnu Mandal, a resident of Shivajinagar under Darbhanga Town police station limits, guilty under Section 21(b) of the NDPS Act.

Special Public Prosecutor Chamaklal Pandit said the court also imposed a fine of Rs.50,000. In case of default, the convict will serve an additional three months in prison.

According to the prosecution, Mandal was a...