A lower court here on Friday, deciding a three-year-old chain snatching case in the city, found a person guilty of committing robbery and causing hurt during the crime and sentenced him to undergo seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI). The court also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict.
On August 13, 2016, a woman police officer of the city was travelling by her moped with a lady constable as pillion rider when Siddhewar Kar (23) followed the moped in a motorcycle.
Near a busy traffic post, Siddheswar snatched the gold chain of the police officer; and while trying to flee from the spot, he was overpowered by some onlookers.
The Mangalabag police of the city reached the spot and arrested Siddheswar under Sections 294 and 297 of IPC. Holding trial in the case for over three years, Cuttack Additional CJM-cum-Assistant Sessions Judge Haraprasad Patnaik convicted the accused and sentenced him.