PESHAWAR, May 9: A juvenile court here on Friday sentenced a boy to five-year imprisonment with fine of Rs30,000 for pushing drugs.

The district and sessions judge, Hayat Ali Shah, however, directed that the boy should be handed over to his guardian on probation after furnishing two sureties of Rs1,00,000 each.

The convict Shahid, a resident of Mardan, has already spent about two years in the prison.

The boy was arrested by Pishtakhara police while he was travelling in a bus on Bara Road with nine kilograms of charas. At the time of his arrest he was studying in 6th class. He denied the charges and decided to stand trial.

The defence counsel, Noor Alam Khan, argued that the defendant was falsely implicated in the case. He added that the case produced by the police was in conflict with the quantity mentioned in the FIR.

SUMMONS ISSUED: A juvenile court issued arrest warrants of lawyer Ziaul Islam for not appearing before the court despite various notices.