Srinagar, Oct. 25 -- A Court in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara sub-district sentenced a man to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh after finding him guilty of possessing a commercial quantity of contraband under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The convict was earlier held guilty by the Additional Sessions Judge Handwara, Mansoor Ahmed Lone, under Sections 8/21 of the NDPS Act on October 21. He was produced before the court under proper custody for the hearing on the quantum of sentence.
During the hearing, the counsel for the convict, Ahrar Ahmad Dar, pleaded for leniency, citing the convict's poor financial background and clean antecedents. Dar argued that the accused had already spe...