Jalandhar: A local court on Wednesday acquitted drug lord Ranjit Singh Raja Kandola, his wife, and son along with 11 others in a case that was reported at the Kartarpur police station on June 1, 2012, and related to drugs and illegal arms. Raja Kandola has a history of similar crimes.
District and sessions judge Nirbhau Singh Gill acquitted the 14 accused on the ground that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond doubt.
Police inspector Inderjit Singh, whom the the special task force (STF) had caught with drugs and arms, was complainant and investigating officer in this case before being dismissed.
He had registered this case under sections 22 (punishment for contravention related to psychotropic substances) and 29 (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Section 25 (smuggling illegal firearm) of the Arms Act.
In this case, police claimed to have seized different quantities of heroin from the accused and weapons from some of them.
Advocate Hitesh Puri, who in 2012 had appeared for accused Gurinder Singh, then 19, had argued that inspector Inderjit, being a head constable originally, was not competent to investigate the case under NDPS Act.
In Wednesday’s verdict, the court observed that drugs were planted on Nishan Singh Toni and Ranbir Singh and gave them the liberty to complain with Jalandhar Rural’s senior superintendet of police for their wrong implication.
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District and sessions judge Nirbhau Singh Gill acquitted the 14 accused on the ground that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond doubt.
Police inspector Inderjit Singh, whom the the special task force (STF) had caught with drugs and arms, was complainant and investigating officer in this case before being dismissed.
He had registered this case under sections 22 (punishment for contravention related to psychotropic substances) and 29 (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Section 25 (smuggling illegal firearm) of the Arms Act.
In this case, police claimed to have seized different quantities of heroin from the accused and weapons from some of them.
Advocate Hitesh Puri, who in 2012 had appeared for accused Gurinder Singh, then 19, had argued that inspector Inderjit, being a head constable originally, was not competent to investigate the case under NDPS Act.
In Wednesday’s verdict, the court observed that drugs were planted on Nishan Singh Toni and Ranbir Singh and gave them the liberty to complain with Jalandhar Rural’s senior superintendet of police for their wrong implication.
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