Hyderabad court sentences man to five years for selling ganja chocolates

A Hyderabad court sentenced 42-year-old Bihar native Rabindra Behara to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a Rs 25,000 fine for selling ganja-laced chocolates. The Prohibition and Excise Department had registered a case against him in 2019.

Hyderabad: A local court in the city has sentenced a 42-year-old Bihar native to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 for selling ganja-laced chocolates.

The convict, Rabindra Behara, was sentenced by Additional District and Sessions Judge M Vani at the LB Nagar court complex on Monday. The case was registered against Behara in 2019 by the Prohibition and Excise Department for allegedly selling ganja chocolates in Shamshabad.

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After the trial, the court found Behara guilty and pronounced the sentence. He was sent to prison.