8-year jail term for robbery

TNN Jul 11, 2012

NEW DELHI: A trial court has sentenced a man to eight years rigorous imprisonment for robbing an NSG commando's wife of her gold chain and gravely injuring him at the New Delhi railway station last year.

Terming chain snatching as a "serious offence", additional sessions judge Pawan Kumar Jain sentenced 22-year-old Sheikh Munna, convicting him on charges of attempt to murder and robbery. "Snatching of belongings of a female finding her alone is quite serious offence, it creates an atmosphere of insecurity among female members of the society," the court said.

As the judge pronounced the sentence on Monday, the 22-year-old youth turned violent and began abusing. He even picked up a chair in the courtroom and banged it on the floor, said eyewitnesses to the court proceeding, adding that the court subsequently had to requisition police to contain the violent behaviour of the convict.

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