Chandigarh, April 22 -- A local court has awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment to a man convicted in a 2020 chain snatching case.

The convict Anil has also been awarded two years for possession of stolen property. Both sentences will run concurrently, and the time already spent in custody will be set off. The convict will also have to pay Rs.25,000 for snatching and Rs.2,000 for possession of stolen property.

The case dates back to June 25, 2020, when two men on a motorcycle snatched a Sector 47 resident's gold chain right outside her house. The victim, Shobhna, had managed to jot down the snatchers' bike registration number.

On July 7, 2020, police nabbed Anil and his co-accused Hari Parkash near Shiv Mandir in the Industrial A...