Chandigarh, March 13 -- A local court awarded seven years imprisonment to a man in connection with an attempt to murder case for stabbing a gym owner with an ice pick in Sector 40 in 2018, on Wednesday.

A fine of Rs.25,000 was also imposed on Shankar Deep Gautam, the accused.

According to the complainant, Karam Singh of Dadumajra Colony, he operated a gym in Sector 40. On May 18, 2018, Gautam came to join his gym, paid half the fee, and said he would pay the rest after a week. However, the gym management denied him entry when he failed to pay the remaining fee. The accused then threatened Singh. Later, he came to the gym again with a screwdriver, stabbed the victim on the shoulder with an ice pick, and ran away.

As per the prosecution,...