Burail resident sentenced to 5 years in mobile snatching case

A local court has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Soyab alias Goluage, a resident of Burail village, to undergo five-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a snatching case.

The police registered a case on February 22, 2024, under Sections 379-A and 411 of the IPC at Sector 36 Police Station on a complaint of one Daleep Parsad.

Parsad told the police that on the day of the incident he was checking a message on his mobile phone in Sector 35 when a motorcyclist fled after snatched his phone.

The accused was arrested on a secret information. On completion of the investigation, charge sheet was filed against the accused.

Finding prima facie case charges were framed against the accused to which he pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.

Public prosecutor Hukum Singh argued that the prosecution proved the case against the accused .

On the other hand counsel of the accused argued that a false case has been registered against the accused.

After hearing of the arguments, the court said the accused had failed to explain possession of so many mobile phones. It is the duty of the accused to explain that he is the owner of these phones and in no manner it can be said a false case had been registered against him.

In these circumstances, the prosecution had fully proved that accused Soyab had snatched the mobile phone, the court said. In view of this, the accused held guilty and convicted under Section 379A of IPC and sentenced to undergo RI for five years. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict.