Four robbers awarded 7 yr imprisonment

Four persons were awarded seven year imprisonment each by a local court here for looting a bank branch in 2012.
The sentence was given by Additional District and Sessions Judge, Hisar, Vimal Kumar yesterday who found them guilty.
Four robbers had looted Rs 3.31 lakh from the Kaimari road branch of Punjab National Bank in Hisar at gunpoint on December 4, 2012.
According to prosecution, the four robbers, whose faces were covered with masks, even shot the manager of the bank when he refused to obey them.
On a complaint of Priya Singal, the bank's cashier, Sadar Police had registered a case of robbery under relevant sections of the Arms Act on December 4.

After investigation, police arrested the accused identified as Manish alias Boxer of Rasiwas village, Krishan alias Lucky of Shiv Colony, Neerun alias Motu of Barsola village and Pradeep of Hisar.