For Chain snatching in 2020, court sentences two men to 5 yrs in jail and Rs 15 lakh fine
Accused convicted under MCOCA: The court directed that their five year punishment will take in account of the period undergone in jail as undertrials since 2020.
The police claimed that on November 9, 2020, a man was on a morning walk in Malad, when the two men on a bike came close to him and tried to snatch a gold chain from his neck. Chain snatching case 2020: In a rare conviction under the stringent Maharashtra Control for Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), a special court on Thursday sentenced two persons to five years in jail for snatching and robbing a gold chain from the neck of a man on a morning walk.
They were also sentenced to a fine of Rs 5 lakh each under the Act, along with charges of robbery and criminal intimidation under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The two men, Zakir Irani and Sonu Jadhav, were arrested in 2020 by the Mumbai Police and were found guilty by the special court. The police claimed that on November 9, 2020, a man was on a morning walk in Malad, when the two men on a bike came close to him and tried to snatch a gold chain from his neck. The goldchain weighed 12 grams and when the man resisted the attempt, he was hit with a helmet by one of them, due to which the man fell down after which the robbers stole the chain. They also threatened him that if he follows them, they will run him over, before fleeing. The man tried to chase them and screamed, “Chor, Chor” but they managed to escape.
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