LUCKNOW, Oct. 23 -- A special court in Lucknow on Thursday sentenced a Nepalese national, who was arrested with counterfeit Indian currency worth over Rs.26 lakh near the Indo-Nepal border in Maharajganj in 2015, to nine years and seven months of rigorous imprisonment.

Sheikh Javed Iqbal, also known as Ashfaq Ansari and Javed Ansari, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on February 23, 2015, near Sonauli border with counterfeit Indian currency worth Rs.26,03,500, according to a statement issued by the ATS on Thursday.

The ATS had registered a case under sections 489B and 489C of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at its Lucknow police station. Subsequent examination established that the seized notes were of high quality...