Panchkula, April 15 -- The court of additional chief judicial magistrate has convicted a local shopkeeper for assaulting a photojournalist following a dispute over the price of curd.

The accused, Nikhil has been convicted under Section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code. The case dates back to 2019.

The court sentenced the accused to a year's imprisonment, emphasising that taking a lenient view in such cases would send the wrong message, adding that the periods already spent by the accused in detention trial will be set off against the sentence.

The incident happend on February 5, 2019, when complainant, a photojournalist Sant Arora, went to New Goyal Sweets in Sector-25 to purchase some items, including box of Ver...