Sariska poacher, six accomplices get 7 years in jail

TNN | Feb 1, 2013, 03.52 AM IST RELATED 2 more held in tiger poaching caseJharkhand awarded for bear population managementInternational conference on bear conservation begins tomorrow in New ...Stranded gibbon family in Arunachal translocatedMoEF team to assess impact of felling on corridors JAIPUR: Notorious poacher Juhru and his six accomplices were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs one lakh in a tiger poaching case at Sariska Tiger Reserve recently. The case pertains to the killing of a tiger by the accused in 2004, said Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) lawyer Koushal Bhardwaj, who was assisting the prosecution. The accused were awarded maximum sentence by additional chief judicial magistrate - 1 on January 24. An accused in 14 wildlife cases, including six cases of tiger poaching, Juhru was previously convicted in at least two cases of leopard poaching and one case of tiger poaching in 2003 at Sariska. He was sentenced to five years each in the leopard cases, and seven years for the tiger case. "He was one of the main persons responsible for the disappearance of tigers from Sariska," said Ashok Kumar, vice-chairman, WTI. "Such sentences are generally awarded concurrently under our law. However, repeat offenders should be serving consecutive sentences for all these killings," he said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Sariska-poacher-six-accomplices-get-7-years-in-jail/articleshow/18281932.cms