Mohali, Nov. 2 -- A local court sentenced three men to two years in prison for attacking a family with iron pipes and a spade during a land dispute in Nagari village in May 2020. The court convicted them of rioting, wrongful restraint, house-trespass, causing hurt and grievous hurt, house-breaking and criminal intimidation.

Judicial magistrate, first class, Manpreet Kaur-II convicted Harnek Singh, his son Lakhwinder Singh and Mahinder Singh . The court sentenced each of them to two years' simple imprisonment under Sections 148, 452 and 325 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), with shorter sentences under the other sections. It ordered all sentences to run concurrently.

The case stemmed from an attack on May 26, 2020, when complainant Amrinde...