# Chandigarh court convicts man for possessing 201 gm heroin 2026-08-18T04:56:36+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A special court in Chandigarh has convicted Amit Kumar in a 2020 narcotics case for possessing 201 gm of heroin and sentenced him to one year of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 25,000. The court ordered that the period already spent in custody be set off against the sentence. The fine was recorded as paid. Special judge Raman Goklaney held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt under Section 21(b) of the NDPS Act. According to the Hindustan Times, police patrolling near Sector 39-D on January 28, 2020, spotted Kumar walking from Sector 56. They alleged he turned and walked away briskly, and was intercepted around 10.30 pm, leading to recovery of the heroin. Kumar's defence claimed he was picked up from the Haryana MLA hostel hours before the alleged recovery and the case was fabricated. The court rejected this, noting defence witnesses lacked support from CCTV footage, call records, or immediate complaint. The court took a lenient view on sentence considering Kumar's family circumstances and that he had no other criminal case. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Amit Kumar, Chandigarh, NDPS Act, Special Judge Raman Goklaney Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/chandigarh-court-convicts-man-for-possessing-201-gm-heroin/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/chandigarh-court-convicts-man-for-possessing-201-gm-heroin/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/