Alipurduar (West Bengal): The Additional District Judge of Alipurduar, West Bengal, yesterday rejected the appeal of Ratiram Sharma, the notorious wildlife trader, upholding his conviction and sentence, announced by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipurduar, on November 24, 2006. Sharma had been sentenced to an imprisonment for five years and a fine of 10,000 [...]

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