<p class="title">A court here in Maharashtra has sentenced a 35-year-old man to five years' rigorous imprisonment for committing robbery at a wine shop in 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">District Judge A S Pandharikar, in his order on Saturday, pronounced the accused, Salim alias Altaf Sayyed, guilty under Indian Penal Code Sections 392 and 397 (robbery), and provisions of the Bombay Police Act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court also slapped a fine of Rs 6,200 on him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Additional Public Prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale told the court that on July 22, 2016, the accused went to a wine shop in Rabodi area of Thane city and purchased a liquor bottle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the cashier gave him a bill ofRs 1,050, the accused got annoyed and refused to pay the money.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the meantime, as another customer paid Rs 1,100 towards his bill, the accused picked up that money.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused then brandished a knife at the cashier and threatened him with dire consequences before fleeing with the other customer's money.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This led to commotion in the locality and some shopkeepers in the vicinity closed their establishments out of fear, the prosecution told the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The cashier later lodged a police complaint following which the accused was arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The judge, in his order, said the prosecution proved the charges against the accused, "who needs to be convicted and sentenced". </p>
<p class="title">A court here in Maharashtra has sentenced a 35-year-old man to five years' rigorous imprisonment for committing robbery at a wine shop in 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">District Judge A S Pandharikar, in his order on Saturday, pronounced the accused, Salim alias Altaf Sayyed, guilty under Indian Penal Code Sections 392 and 397 (robbery), and provisions of the Bombay Police Act.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court also slapped a fine of Rs 6,200 on him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Additional Public Prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale told the court that on July 22, 2016, the accused went to a wine shop in Rabodi area of Thane city and purchased a liquor bottle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the cashier gave him a bill ofRs 1,050, the accused got annoyed and refused to pay the money.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the meantime, as another customer paid Rs 1,100 towards his bill, the accused picked up that money.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused then brandished a knife at the cashier and threatened him with dire consequences before fleeing with the other customer's money.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This led to commotion in the locality and some shopkeepers in the vicinity closed their establishments out of fear, the prosecution told the court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The cashier later lodged a police complaint following which the accused was arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The judge, in his order, said the prosecution proved the charges against the accused, "who needs to be convicted and sentenced". </p>