New Delhi: A Mumbai couple, who was sentenced 10-year jail and fined over Rs 1 crore in Qatar in a drug-trafficking case, would quickly return home after they had been acquitted of the fees.
The couple, Oniba and Sharique Qureshi, was arrested in 2019 at Hamad International Airport the place 4.1 kg of cannabis was recovered from their bag.
It was later revealed that Sharique’s aunt Tabassum Qureshi had used them to smuggle medicine with out their data.
She sponsored the couple to go on a second honeymoon in order that she may transport the medicine.
Shareef Qureshi, Sharique’s father, employed a lawyer to symbolize them. He had to spend 15 months in Qatar for this.
After a court docket sentenced them the jail time period, the household appealed towards the order. However, the attraction court docket rejected the plea and upheld the sentence.
After this, the couple approached the Court of Cassation which reviewed the paperwork submitted by the couple’s lawyer.
The court docket dominated that the decision of the attraction court docket was faulty. It mentioned the appellants didn’t have felony intent and that they had been unaware the seized materials was narcotics.
Oniba’s mom was “very happy and relieved” and mentioned she was excited to see her daughter after a very long time.
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