Youths jailed for firing at police team to escape arrest

Two youths have been sent to jail for three years by a Delhi court for firing at a police team while trying to evade arrest in a murder case.
AdditionalSessionsJudge VidyaPrakash also imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 each, on Delhi resident Rahul and Haryana native Ravi, saying the prosecution was able to establish their offences.
"Prosecution hasbeen successfulinestablishing on record that both the accused had acted in furtherance of their common intentionandbothof them attempted to commit murder of police officials," the judge said while relying on the statements of prosecution witnesses saying they were consistent.
The court, however, took a lenient view while awarding the sentence saying, "theyareyoungboyshavingbrightfuture aheadandthus... Boththeconvictsdeservetobegrantedan opportunityto reform themselves and join mainstream society."

According to the prosecution, on April 15, 2014, both the convicts were apprehended by the police team, who laid a trap based on secret information about their arrival by a car in Northwest Delhi.
The prosecution said when they were asked to surrender, both the accussed started firing indiscriminately at the police team, but were apprehended.
Both the accused denied the allegations and claimed that the prosecution's case holds no ground as they were already acquitted in the murder case earlier.
However, the court rejected their contention saying the murder case has nothing to do withthefiring incident.