Srinagar, May 18 -- A city court here on Saturday sentenced two drug peddlers to five years rigorous imprisonment and imposed Rs 50,000 as fine on them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act.
The court also ordered that in case the duo-Rafiq Ahmad Putoo of Saida Kadal Srinagar and Aqib Manzoor Bakhroo of Rainawari, failed to pay the fine amount, they shall undergo six months further simple imprisonment.
"The period of detention already undergone by the accused shall be set off against the sentence imposed, as per Section 428 of the Cr.PC," ordered the Special Judge (NDPS cases) Srinagar Vinod Kumar.
According to prosecution, on 16 October 2020, a police party apprehended the duo at Khonakhan Dalgate when they trie...