Court jails ganja smuggler for 3 years over 1.77 kg bike haul in Bettiah
A special NDPS court in Bettiah, Bihar, sentenced Amjad Khan to three years of rigorous imprisonment and a 75,000-rupee fine for smuggling 1.77 kg of ganja found in his motorcycle's storage box in September 2023. Police caught him at Kadir Chowk after a tip-off, and he faces three more months in jail if the fine is unpaid.
A special judge under the NDPS Act, Nalin Kumar Pandey, convicted Amjad Khan in
Bettiah, West Champaran district, Bihar, of smuggling ganja.[1]The court
sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him 75,000
rupees.[1]If he does not pay the fine he must serve three more months in
prison.[1]
The conviction stems from a 15 September 2023 case in which Srinagar police
station officers stopped him at Kadir Chowk and found 1.77 kg of ganja, or
marijuana, in a yellow bag in his motorcycle’s storage box.[1]Police acted on
a tip that a smuggler was bringing ganja by motorcycle, and he tried to run when
he saw them before officers chased and caught him.[1]A first information
report was registered at Srinagar police station and the special public
prosecutor under the NDPS Act, Santosh Kumar Sharma, gave the account of the
case and its outcome.[1]
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The report gives 7 November 2026, its publication date, as the day the verdict was announced but states no separate hearing date; the raid itself was on 15 September 2023.
Only one source for this event could be opened; no court statement or second outlet report was found to confirm the sentence, the fine or the seizure weight.
The report does not say which sections of the NDPS Act were invoked, what quantity category applied, or what evidence the court relied on.
No information was published on whether the offender was already in custody pending trial or whether an appeal was filed.
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