Man jailed for 7 yrs for bid to murder cop

A court here has sentenced a man to seven years in jail for attempting to murder a police constable.

Additional district sessions judge Manoj Kumar sentenced Mehboob to imprisonment for seven years and slapped a fine of Rs 13,000 on him for attempting to murder constable Sanjay Singh.

According to prosecution, on April 15, 2013, Mehboob made an attempt to murder the constable with a sharp-edged weapon in Kairana town of Shamli district.