Two drug peddlers sentenced to six years in Meghalaya; man gets seven years for rape
A special court in Meghalaya has sentenced two drug peddlers to six years of rigorous imprisonment and fined them ₹60,000 each for distributing narcotics to minors, officials said on Wednesday. The East Khasi Hills Special Judge (NDPS) court convicted Marvinson Jyrwa and Skhem Kupar Massar on October 27 under Sections 21(b) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, along with Section 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
The prosecution established that both were involved in supplying narcotic substances to minors. Public Prosecutor S.S. Das represented the state in the case. Calling the offence “deeply aggravating,” the court said the act of targeting children for drug distribution showed extreme moral depravity and warranted strict punishment.
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