Mangaluru: Two men sentenced to imprisonment for ganja sale
Mangaluru: The Sixth JMFC Court here has sentenced two men, Monish of Bokkapatna and Akhil of Kodikal, who are accused of selling narcotics in the areas under Barke Police Station jurisdiction.
The judge who heard the case on Saturday, Poojashree, sentenced the duo to one month's imprisonment with a fine of Rs 1,000.
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Public prosecutor Janardhan, who presented the case, told the court that then Barke Sub-inspector Haroon Akhtar led an investigation on April 17, 2021, on receiving information of the arrested men selling ganja in the Sulthan Battery area of Mangaluru. The police team had raided the area and seized 500 gram ganja. Sub-inspector Shobha, who continued and completed the investigation in the case later, submitted the charge sheet against the accused to the court.
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Cummins doubtful for T20 World Cup? It's quite grey right now, says Aus head coach
Melbourne (PTI): Australia skipper Pat Cummins' chances of playing at next year's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka are "quite grey at the moment" as he battles a back stress issue that has affected his participation in the ongoing Ashes series against England.
Cummins returned to play the third Ashes Test in Adelaide after missing the opening two matches, picking up six wickets to help Australia clinch the series 3-0.
However, the Australian Test and ODI skipper will take no further part in the series and even his participation at the T20 World Cup is also uncertain. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh is Australia's T20I captain.
"Looking forward to the World Cup, whether he will be there or not, I can't really say. It's quite grey at the moment. We're hopeful," head coach Andrew McDonald was quoted as saying by 'ESPNCricinfo'.
The fast bowler was diagnosed with a lumbar stress reaction during Australia's tour of the West Indies in July. He underwent rehabilitation before being cleared for a carefully managed return in Adelaide.
"He's pulled up fine. He won't play any part in the rest of the series and that was a discussion that we had a long time out around his return," McDonald said.
"We were taking on some risk and people that reported on that would understand the risk associated with that rebuild. We've now won the series and that was the goal.
"So, to position him for further risk and jeopardise him long-term is not something that we want to do and Pat's really comfortable with that," he added.
The T20 World Cup is scheduled to begin on February 7 across India and Sri Lanka with the summit clash set for March 8.
Australia's first match is on February 11 against Ireland at Colombo. Although Cummins captains the Test and ODI teams, all-rounder Mitch Marsh leads Australia in the shortest format.
