Nepalese National Sentenced to 9 Years for Supplying Fake Indian Currency

Lucknow: A Nepalese national convicted in a case involving the supply of Indian counterfeit currency has been sentenced to 9 years and 7 months in prison by the ATS Court. The court also imposed a fine of 30 thousand rupees.

The decision was delivered by the Special Judge of the ATS Court. The sentence followed effective arguments by the ATS. The court pronounced the verdict on 22 October 2026.

The ATS arrested Sheikh Javed Iqbal, also known as Ashfaq Ansari, on 23 February 2015. He was arrested near the Indo-Nepal border at Sonauli in Maharajganj, with counterfeit notes worth 26 lakh 3 thousand 500.

A case was registered at the ATS police station in Lucknow under case number 01/2015. The case was filed under Sections 489B and 489C.

The recovered notes were found to be of high quality and were identified as foreign-imported currency. Section 16 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA, was added to the case.

The convict, Sheikh Javed, is a resident of Narayani Parsa, Belwa, Nepal. His current address was recorded as Mehtab Bagh, Hussainabad, Lucknow.