Five jailed for committing dacoity in shop

Five men, who had entered a shop and committed dacoity at knife point, have been sent to jail by a Delhi court for terms varying from life imprisonment to seven years.
Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau awarded the jail term to the five convicts saying the offence was committed in "consortium and conjointly" by them and they are part of a gang of dacoits whose senior members commit dacoity while younder ones keep a watch outside.
It gave life terms to Shakurpur residents Mohd Arif, Naeem and Sarfaraz and seven year imprisonment to Mohd Azad Alam and Shahzad.
"The law and order situation has been deteriorating in the country and has worsened in recent past. Instances of persons getting involved in criminal activities of robbing innocent persons by putting them under threat of death are on rise.

"Trigger-happy criminals like the convicts before this court unhesitatingly and indiscriminately use dangerous firearms on helpless victims as has happened in the present case. The acts of the convicts have a tendency of spreading terror in the society, adversely affecting social order and the faith of people in the system," the court said.
As two CCTVs were installed in the shop, the incident, which lasted for only 21 seconds, was captured in them and with the help of those visuals and testimonies of the victims and eye witnesses confirmed the identity of the accused.
According to the prosecution, the five accused had on the night of February 4, 2011 committed dacoity in the shop of one Amar Nath Gupta, a wholesale dealer of tobacco products, in Sri Nagar area in North West Delhi.