Mohali, May 20 -- A Mohali sessions court has convicted a 35-year-old man in a mobile snatching case and sentenced him to five years of rigorous imprisonment (RI), observing that the victim's prompt complaint, detailed description of the motorcycle and recovery of the stolen phone within 24 hours left "no reason to disbelieve" the prosecution version.

Additional sessions judge Atul Kasana convicted Vicky of Nabha Sahib village in Zirakpur, under Section 379-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for snatching a mobile phone from a woman near Bakarpur traffic lights on May 1, 2024.

The court acquitted him under Section 411 IPC, ruling that a person convicted for snatching cannot be convicted for retaining the same stolen property.

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