GURUGRAM: A city
court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to five years in prison and imposed a
fine of Rs 25,000 on him for snatching a mobile
phone from a resident of South City-II in 2016. District and sessions judge RK Sondhi in his July 6 order awarded the jail term to Subhash Kumar Mehta, a resident of Tigra village.
Complainant Dr Arvind Jindal, who lives in South City II, contented that Mehta took his iPhone from his pocket and fled while he was starting his scooter around 11.30pm on March 6, 2016. His scooter had stopped when he reached Bikaner Sweets on Sohna road.
Following this, Jindal approached police, and his mobile phone was put on observation. Police found that the mobile phone was being used with a new SIM by the accused, who was
arrested on April 9, 2016.
Public prosecutor Anurag Hooda said it was proved that Mehta destroyed the SIM card used by Jindal and inserted his own SIM card after snatching the mobile phone. Police had recovered the snatched mobile phone from his possession.
In the court, Mehta had pleaded for lighter punishment, citing that he was the eldest son in the family, married and have two children. He also claimed that he was the sole bread-winner of the family and had no
cases registered against him in the past.
Observing that the court cannot show leniency in the case, sessions judge Sondhi awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment to Mehta and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000. This is the third case in which a Gurugram court has awarded five years of imprisonment for snatching a phone. Earlier, three people were awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment in two different orders by the same court in June first week.
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