The sentence
The Additional Sessions Judge at the special NDPS court in Biloli, Nanded, convicted Gokul Narayan Rajput and Sunil Yadav Mahajan on Tuesday, 8 September 2026.[1][2] The court sentenced each man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined each Rs 1 lakh, with six more months of rigorous imprisonment if the fine is not paid.[1][2] The court held that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that both were in conscious possession of a commercial quantity of ganja.[1][2] The court ordered the confiscation of the truck and the other seized articles.[1][2]
The 2021 interception
The case began on 15 November 2021, when the NCB’s Mumbai Zonal Unit intercepted an Ashok Leyland truck near Manjram village in Naigaon taluka of Nanded district.[1][2] Officers found 49 bags holding 112 packets of ganja, weighing 1,127 kg in total, concealed beneath a load of industrial iron rods.[1][2] Rajput, the driver, and Mahajan, the co-driver, were arrested at the scene.[1][2] Rajput, 32, is from Aurangabad district and Mahajan, 35, is from Jalgaon district.[2] Investigators said Rajput had earlier been booked in attempted murder and kidnapping cases and that his truck had been blacklisted by the Regional Transport Office.[2]