India, May 24 -- A sessions court on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old man to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for attempting to murder a toy-factory supervisor by repeatedly stabbing him in Kanjurmarg in 2022.

Additional sessions Judge MB Oza convicted Sonu Mohd Khurshid Alam Sah, holding that the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt through the testimony of the injured victim, medical evidence and recovery of the weapon used in the attack.

Apart from the seven-year sentence for attempted murder, the court also awarded concurrent sentences of five years for voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon and six months for intentional insult likely to provoke breach of peace.

The case pertains to an assault...