[Fake Indian Currency notes case] NIA court convicts and sentences two accused in Lucknow

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, Lucknow on Friday i.e. July 1, 2022 convicted and sentenced two accused persons in connection with the Hazratganj Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) case in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

The two accused namely, Abdul Salam @ Mithun and Jiyaul Haq have been sentenced to Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for three years and three months under Section 489B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) read with 120B of IPC with a fine of Rs. 5000 and RI for three years u/s 489C of IPC read with 120B of IPC with fine Rs. 5000.

The case relates to the seizure of FICN by the Special Task Force of UP on August 24, 2018, having a total face value of Rs. 4,60,000 (Rupees Four Lakhs Sixty Thousand) from the possession of four accused persons.

As per the NIA press release, the case was initially registered in the police station Hasanganj, Lucknow on August 24, 2018, and then was re-registered by NIA on September 18, 2018.

“Investigation had established that the consignment of said FICN, recovered from the four accused persons was sourced from Bangladesh through a complex network of FICN traffickers and couriers,” the NIA press release stated.

The NIA press release further stated that after a thorough investigation, NIA had filed four charge sheets against six arrested accused and one absconding accused. Earlier, four accused persons were convicted in this case.