Cuttack: A man has been sentenced to 7 years of Rigorous Imprisonment by a court here for snatching gold chain of a woman police officer three years ago.
Chief Judicial Magistrate and Assistant Sessions Judge, Justice Haraprasad Patnaik, has delivered the judgement on Friday regarding the jail term.
The court found 23-year old Siddeshwar Kar guilty of committing the crime three years ago.
On August 13, 2016, a motorcycle-borne man, Kar, had snatched the gold chain of the woman police officer near a traffic signal, when she was travelling with another lady constable on a moped in the city, according to the prosecution.
Eventually, Kar was caught by bystanders while he was trying to flee.
