Mohali, Sept. 3 -- Six years after masked men robbed Rs.4 lakh from the Punjab National Bank's (PNB) Phase 3A branch, a Mohali court acquitted three persons of charges of robbery and sections of the Arms Act while holding them guilty of possessing the stolen cash.

Additional sessions judge Vikrant Kumar has awarded the trio, identified as Sandeep Khurmi, Sonu and Ravi Kothari, three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 under Section 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Their custody period will be set off against the sentence. In case of default in paying the fine, they will have to serve six additional months in jail.

The case

The case dates to June 17, 2020, when three ...