Chandigarh, Feb. 14 -- A 23-year-old youth, who was arrested for snatching a pedestrian's mobile phone, has been sentenced to five years in jail by a local court.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs.25,000 on the convict, Aman Khan, a native of Samli in Uttar Pradesh.

On June 6, 2023, he had snatched the mobile phone of Lovepreet Singh, a resident of Maloya.

Singh had told the police that he was going from Maloya to Sector 39 with his mother around 11.15 pm. When they reached near Radha Krishna Temple, Maloya, a motorcycle-borne youth came from behind and fled after snatching his Vivo mobile phone. Subsequently, a case of snatching was registered at the Maloya police station

Over a month later, on July 25, 2023, Khan was arrested for ...