Kanpur: Additional district and sessions judge court number IV in Kanpur Nagar on Friday convicted Mohd Saif Hassan of stealing motorcycles and selling them after changing their registration number plates. He was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment.Rai Purwa police station sub-inspector Varsha Srivastava arrested Gwaltoli Maqbara resident Mohd Saif Hassan with a stolen motorcycle in Deputy Ka Parao on Jan 24-2018. He was tried on charges of dishonestly retaining stolen property, habitually dealing in stolen property and cheating.Additional district govt counsel Vinod Tripathi said prosecution had examined seven witnesses and concluded its evidence when accused Mohd Saif Hassan confessed to the crime and pleaded for the minimum sentence. Hassan had been in jail since 2018, and no one had come forward to secure his bail.The presiding judge sentenced him to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 after his confession. She ordered that his time in jail be adjusted against the sentence. Failure to pay the fine would result in three days’ simple imprisonment.
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