A man accused of possessing five Shahtoosh shawls made of Tibetan Antelope, an endangered animal, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment by a Delhi court.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Devendra Kumar Sharma held Arif Qureshi, who was having a shop at Delhi Haat in South Delhi, guilty of keeping the shawls whose trade and possession are banned under the Wild Life (Protection) Act.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Qureshi.
It allowed his plea seeking suspension of sentence to enable him to file an appeal against the conviction and jail term before a superior court. The court granted him bail for one month to file appeal against this judgement.
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