The First Additional District and Sessions Court, Machilipatnam, awarded four years’ imprisonment besides imposing ₹1.20 lakh fine on N. Satya Nukaraju of Nuzvid, for running a drug store without licence.
Officials of the Drug Control Administration (DCA) conducted raids and sealed the unauthorised medical shop. They filed a case in the court in 2010.
The court awarded the punishment on Monday, under the Drug Control Act, 1940, said the DCA officials.