Court's leniency towards remorseful drug peddler

A Delhi court has sentenced a man to nine months in jail, a period already undergone by him behind bars, for possessing 12 kgs of cannabis (ganja), taking a lenient view towards him after he showed remorse.

Special NDPS Judge Satinder Kumar Gautam passed the order holding Naresh, a Delhi resident, guilty of offences under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him. "I have asked the convict personally, he is remorseful and I can see the chance of his improving his conduct and abstaining from such activity in future," the judge said.