<p class="title">Lure of hanging jackfruits inside the campus of a court in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, about 200 km from here, proved costly for a lawyer, when he was caught plucking them and was arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lawyer entered the district court compound on Thursday morning and allegedly began to pluck the jackfruits, according to the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A guard deployed there to prevent theft of the fruits tried to stop the lawyer but in vain. He allegedly thrashed the guard, instead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The guard then informed the police, who reached the spot and nabbed the lawyer. The lawyer was later produced in court, which remanded him in judicial custody, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said that seven jackfruits were recovered from the bag of the lawyer. ''We caught him red handed,'' said a police official in Basti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There are several jackfruit trees inside the district court compound. The court had posted a guard specifically to prevent theft of the fruits. </p>.<p class="bodytext">There have been instances of people entering the court compound at night and stealing the jackfruits, said an official.</p>
<p class="title">Lure of hanging jackfruits inside the campus of a court in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, about 200 km from here, proved costly for a lawyer, when he was caught plucking them and was arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lawyer entered the district court compound on Thursday morning and allegedly began to pluck the jackfruits, according to the police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A guard deployed there to prevent theft of the fruits tried to stop the lawyer but in vain. He allegedly thrashed the guard, instead.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The guard then informed the police, who reached the spot and nabbed the lawyer. The lawyer was later produced in court, which remanded him in judicial custody, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said that seven jackfruits were recovered from the bag of the lawyer. ''We caught him red handed,'' said a police official in Basti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There are several jackfruit trees inside the district court compound. The court had posted a guard specifically to prevent theft of the fruits. </p>.<p class="bodytext">There have been instances of people entering the court compound at night and stealing the jackfruits, said an official.</p>