Chandigarh, May 19 -- Observing that the rising number of snatching cases has created fear in the minds of people, and showing leniency in such cases would only encourage criminals, a Chandigarh court awarded five years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) to two men found guilty in a 2023 mobile phone snatching case in Manimajra.

The court of additional sessions judge Dr Harpreet Kaur also imposed a fine of Rs.25,000 fine each on the convicts, Umesh Kumar and Amandeep.

The incident had taken place near Sports Complex, Manimajra, on January 10, 2023. According to the prosecution, complainant Harsh was walking towards Rama Market with his father when two motorcycle-borne youths approached him from the back and snatched his phone before speeding a...