A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has sentenced one Pakistani national to ten years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a 2019 fake currency case in Rajasthan.
The court, while awarding the sentence to the accused, Ran Singh, also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on him in the case related to the seizure of high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) having a face value of Rs 94,000.
The accused was arrested in May 2019 at the Land Customs Station, Munnabao, Rajasthan, while his co-conspirator, Kunpji, also a Pakistani, is still absconding.
The NIA had chargesheeted the duo in November 2019, and the Jaipur special court on Tuesday sentenced Ran Singh under sections 489B & 489C of the IPC and section 16 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and also awarded him a fine of Rs 10,000 for each offence.
The NIA is continuing its search for absconder Kunpji.