2024-01-02 16:08:58
Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court recently acquitted a man, who was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in 2021, on charges that he allegedly smuggled illegal drugs from Kanniyakumari to Sri Lanka in 2008. One kilogram of heroin was sold.
Justice KK Ramakrishnan issued the orders after petitioner Ronald Satheeth alias Anand challenged the 2021 order of the Madurai trial court. According to the HC judgment, the facts of the case are that on August 6, 2008, the Narcotics Crime Bureau, South Zonal Unit, Chennai received information that a Sri Lankan national, Umar Gul, was involved in smuggling of drugs between Sri Lanka and India through Dayaram, a resident of Madhya Pradesh. Was involved in smuggling. Reportedly, Dayaram was caught in Kanniyakumari with one kilogram of heroin, which he allegedly purchased from Anand and another person. Based on Dayaram’s statement, Anand was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in 2021.
However, Justice Ramakrishnan, who heard Anand’s appeal, said that although Anand was convicted on the basis of phone calls made between him and the main accused, the prosecution failed to produce evidence to show that the phone in question The number was Anand’s.
Moreover, the trial court had already acquitted Anand of conspiracy charges, Justice Ramakrishnan pointed out. Since there was no other evidence to prove Anand’s involvement in the case, he was acquitted.
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