Mohali, Feb. 1 -- A district court on Friday sentenced four people, including a former patwari and a 90-year-old man, to three years in prison in a Rs.1.41-crore embezzlement case from 2012.

The accused had fraudulently issued a cheque in the name of a fake recipient to misappropriate compensation for land acquired by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) in Laknaur village.

The court of judicial magistrate first class Manpreet Kaur convicted Lakhvir Chand Sharma, former patwari, Paramjit Kaur, Gurmel Singh and Surjit Singh after hearing arguments from both sides.

The prosecution proved that they registered land in the name of a fictitious woman instead of the rightful owner and tampered with official records.

The defe...