Ferozepur, Aug. 3 -- Amritpal Singh, a 23-year-old farmer from Punjab's Fazilka district, who had unintentionally crossed the India-Pakistan border in June, has been sentenced to one-month jail by a Pakistan court.

The July 28 order (copy with HT), issued by magistrate Nasar Mehmood Gondal of Section-30 court in Chunian, also includes a fine of Rs.50,000 under Sections 4 of the Pakistan Control of Entry Act and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act.

In case of non-payment, Amritpal, a resident of Khairkay village in Fazilka's Jalalabad region, will have to undergo an additional 15 days in custody. He is currently incarcerated in a prison near Islamabad.

Amritpal, the only son of his elderly parents and father to a four-month-old infant, wen...