A court in Chuadanga has sentenced a man named Faruk Hossain, 30, to life imprisonment in a drugs case. The verdict also fined him Tk 5,000, or three more months of simple imprisonment if he does not pay.
Judge Shampa Basu of the Chuadanga Additional Sessions Judge’s Court-1 delivered the verdict in the presence of the accused on Sunday (15 November) afternoon.
Faruk Hossain is the son of Abdul Quddus of Uttarpara in Jhajhadanga village, Parkrishnapur-Madna union, Damurhuda upazila, Chuadanga.
According to the case details, on 15 October 2018 a team from Chuadanga Sadar police station, acting on a tip-off, ran an anti-drug drive on the paved road in front of Bangla Medical at Court More in the Chuadanga municipality area. Searching Faruk Hossain, they recovered 72 bottles of Phensedyl from a black cloth school bag slung over his shoulder.
Sub-inspector Ashraful Islam filed a case at Chuadanga Sadar police station under the Narcotics Control Act. The investigating officer, Ibrahim Ali, submitted a charge sheet against Faruk Hossain to the court on 5 March 2019.
The court said in its verdict that the charge against the accused had been proved on review of the prosecution’s evidence and the case records, and he was therefore sentenced to life imprisonment under the Narcotics Control Act. The time he spent in custody will be deducted from the sentence. The court also ordered the seized items forfeited to the state.
Expressing satisfaction with the verdict, additional public prosecutor Syed Mahmud Shamim Reza Dalim said the court gave the verdict after taking the testimony of the prosecution witnesses and reviewing the records.
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