{
  "id": 11315913,
  "title": "Bhopal District And Sessions Court Sentenced Three Persons To 11-Year RI Each For Smuggling 10 Kg Cannabis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/bhopal-district-and-sessions-court-sentenced-three-persons-to-11-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-district-and-sessions-court-sentenced-three-persons-to-11-year-ri-each-for-smuggling-10-kg-cannabis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal District and Sessions Court has handed down 11-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) sentences to Salman, Sonu Kumar, and Veer Kishore Sahni for drug trafficking. The accused were found guilty of smuggling 10 kg 10 g of cannabis. Special public prosecutor Manoj Tripathi reported that on October 17, 2023, the Crime Branch police received a tip-off about three individuals waiting for someone near Bhanpur. The police intercepted the trio on an unpaved road leading to Bhanpur and apprehended them while attempting to flee with the seized cannabis.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): District and Sessions Court, Bhopal, has sentenced three persons to 11 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of Rs 1 lakh each in a drug peddling case. The convicts include Salman, resident of Shahjahanabad, Bhopal; Sonu Kumar, resident of West Champaran, Bihar; and Veer Kishore Sahni, resident of West Champaran, Bihar. According to special public prosecutor…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}