Two jailed 12 years each in Motihari over 4.98 kg charas
East Champaran's special NDPS court sentenced Keshwar Das and Lalji Das to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment each for trafficking 4.98 kg of charas. Each was also fined Rs 100,000 after police caught them with two bags near Ramgarhwa.
🇮🇳 Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar · India
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Arrested
2
Charged
2
Cannabis
4.98 kg
Prison
12 years
Fine
INR 100,000
Value (official estimate)
INR 12,500,000
Judge Brijesh Kumar sentenced each convict to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment.[1][2]The convicts are Keshwar Das, son of Lakshman Das, and Lalji Das, son of
Daroga Das, both residents of Bharat Mahi in Raxaul.[1][2]Special public
prosecutor Prabhash Tripathi presented seven witnesses before the verdict.[1][2]
Police stopped the pair near Siswaniya Pokhra Dhangartoli on NH-28 in Ramgarhwa
after a tip to station chief Indrajeet Paswan.[1][2]Their two bags held 2.5 kg
of charas in one and 2.48 kg in the other, 4.98 kg in total.[1][2]The seizure
was recorded as 4 kg980 g of charas.[1][2]Police registered Ramgarhwa case
389/24 under the NDPS Act and the court registered NDPS case 25/24.[1]It
names the arrested men as Lalji Das and Keshwar Das of Raxaul and says an FIR
was lodged at Ramgarhwa police station.[3]They were produced in court the
next day and remanded to judicial custody.[3]
A second sentence report confirms two convicts received 12 years each plus Rs 1
lakh fine in the East Champaran charas case.[4]
If the fine goes unpaid, each convict faces six more months of imprisonment.[2]
The article gives no separate date for the verdict, so 4 November 2026, its publication date, is used as the incident date.
Prabhat Khabar cites Ramgarhwa case 389/24 while the accessible Bhaskar text cites 389/23; this report uses 389/24.
The Rs 1.25 crore figure is the police valuation from the 2023 arrest coverage, not a court valuation.
The fine was Rs 100,000 for each convict.
The same Prabhat Khabar article reports the surrender of an extortion accused, Chhotan Singh, a separate event left out here.
No event photo could be established: the Times of India image is labeled Representative Image and the Prabhat Khabar hero image is not shown to depict this seizure, so no media entry is included.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Prabhat Khabar: East Champaran's special NDPS court-II convicted two men in a charas-trafficking case.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Prabhat Khabar: The court fined each man Rs 100,000, with six more months in prison if the fine is not paid.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Times of India: The 2023 arrest account says a team led by Raxaul SDPO Dhirendra Kumar recovered 4.98 kg of charas worth Rs 1.25 crore on NH-28A at Ramgarhwa.
The Live Hindustan account was published on 3 November 2026, a day before the existing report's 4 November 2026 date; neither gives a separate verdict date.
A special NDPS court in Nalagarh sentenced Swapan Mandal to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and a Rs 30,000 fine for possessing 500 grams of charas in Baddi in 2018. Police had stopped her near Baddi bus stand in August 2018 and found the resin in 13 pouches in her bag.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 500 gPrison 7 years rigorous imprisonment
Durg police said courts convicted the accused in 25 NDPS cases in 2026, including several ganja-trafficking cases with 1 kg to more than 5 kg seized in some cases. Courts imposed prison terms and fines, with some accused given 10 to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment and fines up to Rs 100,000 across the mixed caseload.
A special NDPS court in Mandi sentenced Kahan Singh and Nagendra to ten years' rigorous imprisonment each for carrying 1.188 kg of charas near Syuri bridge in Jogindernagar. Each was also fined Rs 1 lakh, with an extra year in jail if the fine is not paid.
Arrested 2Charged 2Cannabis 1.188 kgPrison 10 years
A Manjeri NDPS court sentenced Muhammad Ashif, 30, and Aneesh, 34, to six years' rigorous imprisonment each and a fine of 25,000 rupees each for smuggling 2.1 kg of cannabis in a car. Excise officers arrested the pair on the Manjeri Rajiv Gandhi bypass road on 24 April 2018 with cannabis they said was brought from Mysore for sale in and around Manjeri.