Bengaluru: Man gets 7-year jail for attacking police with knife in 2021 case
Bengaluru (PTI): A court here has sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 25,000 in a 2021 attempt-to-murder case involving police, officials said on Friday.
The accused, Mohammed Saleem, was involved in a serious attack on police personnel, they said.
“Acting on credible information that the accused was travelling in a car along the service road of the Ring Road from Hennur Signal towards Nagawara, police intercepted the vehicle near the Forest Office at HBR Layout,” a statement from the Police Commissioner’s office said.
The accused then attempted to flee and attacked police personnel with a knife in his possession, it said.
A case was registered at Govindapura police station on June 24, 2021, under charges of attempt to murder and relevant provisions of the Arms Act, police said.
During the investigation, conducted under the direction of the then DCP (East Division) Sharanappa S D, Inspector Kiran Kumar B Nayak of DJ Halli police station collected evidence and filed a detailed charge sheet, they said.
“After trial, the court found the accused guilty and sentenced him to seven years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 25,000,” the statement added.
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PBKS beat GT by three wickets in IPL match
Mullanpur (PTI): Cooper Connolly slammed a fine unbeaten fifty as Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by three wickets in their opening Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday.
A disciplined bowling effort helped PBKS restrict former champions GT to 162 for six with Vijaykumar Vyshak (3/34), Yuzvendra Chahal (2/28) and Marco Jansen (1/20) sharing the wickets after PBKS opted to bowl.
For GT, skipper Shubman Gill (39), Jos Buttler (38), Glenn Phillips (25) and Washington Sundar (18) scored bulk of the runs.
In reply, PBKS reached the target in 19.1 overs with Connolly (72 not out off 44 balls) emerging as the highest scorer.
Prasidh Krishna (3/29), Rashid Khan (1/29) and Washington Sundar (1/27) were among the wickets for GT.
Brief Scores:
Gujarat Titans: 162 for 6 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 39; Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/34, Yuzvendra Chahal 2/28).
Punjab Kings: 165 for 7 in 19.1 overs (Cooper Connolly 72; Prasidh Krishna 3/29).
