Mumbai court convicts 9 for heist at businessman's house by posing as I-T officers
Mumbai (PTI): A court here has convicted nine people for committing a heist of Rs 1.65 crore at a businessman's house by posing as Income Tax officers and sentenced six of them to 10 years' imprisonment and three others to five-year jail term.
The crime was "serious in nature," Additional Sessions Judge, Dindoshi court, M I Lokwani said in the order passed on February 1.
The court pronounced the accused guilty of offences committed under Indian Penal Code sections for dacoity, trespassing and kidnapping.
As per the complaint registered by the businessman, 20 days prior to the incident, one of his acquaintances came to his house in Charkop area here and gave him two bags to keep for a few days.
The complainant agreed to keep those bags in his house due to the good relationship between them. He immediately locked the bags in a separate cupboard in his house.
The fact that the bags were kept in the cupboard was known only to the complainant's wife (except him), the prosecution said.
It further said that on June 2, 2015, a group of persons, posing as Income Tax officers, came to the businessman's house, confiscated mobile phones and found the two bags, which contained jewellery worth Rs 40 lakh, Rs 1 crore in cash, and Indian and international wrist watches worth Rs 25 lakh, following their 35-minute search.
They locked the complainant's family members in a room and directed the complainant to accompany them to the I-T office in Worli, the prosecution said.
They took him and the two bags in a car and drove for a while, but eventually dropped him at a distance and directed him to come to the office in the afternoon, it added.
The prosecution examined 21 witnesses, including the complainant and his family, during the course of trial.
The court in its order said the overall acts of the accused sufficiently make it clear that they have committed dacoity in furtherance of their criminal conspiracy and with a pre-planned motive, they committed house trespass in the complainant's house.
"In the incident, they impersonate a public servant - Income Tax officer. They committed wrongful confinement of the wife and children of the complainant by locking the door from inside and later on, from outside of the house," the court added.
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KKR defeat LSG via Super Over
Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.
Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.
But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.
Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.
Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.
Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.
In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.
