Chandigarh, Feb. 25 -- A local court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to six years of imprisonment for stabbing another man over a financial dispute of just Rs.2,000. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.30,000 on the convict Balwant.

The case dates back to November 28, 2023, when Sector-17 police registered an FIR against Balwant, who hails from Gonda in Uttar Pradesh, following an altercation. According to the prosecution, Harpreet Singh, an employee at a petrol pump in Sector-17, witnessed the incident and reported it to the police. He stated that around 9:30pm, he saw Balwant and another youth, Rakesh, engaged in a heated argument, which escalated when Balwant suddenly attacked Rakesh with a knife.

Harpreet attempted to intervene but ...