State’s first case filed in Sonipat after lineman robbed of his bike and phone

Gurgaon: The first case in the state under BNS sections was lodged in Sonipat Sadar police station after a lineman alleged he was thrashed and robbed of his bike and phone early on Monday.
Manjeet, a resident of Baraswani and assistant lineman with the power department, was on his way to fix a fault in a transformer when a group of three to four youths stopped him by the road.
One of the youths allegedly grabbed Manjeet from behind, while the others began raining blows on him. They then snatched his Lava mobile phone and fled the scene on their bikes. But they also took Manjeet’s Hero Splendor — bearing the registration number HR10AB-6482 — with them.
The incident is believed to have occurred at 12.35am. Police said they received information at 3am and the FIR was lodged at 3.10am. The FIR was registered under Section 392 (4) (robbery with restraint etc. but without hurt) of the BNS.
OP Singh, additional DGP, confirmed this was the first case in the state to be lodged under BNS.
Sethi Malik, in-charge, at the Sonipat Sadar police station, said, “As soon as we received the complaint, we registered a case under BNS. The accused can be sentenced to 10 years in jail if proved guilty. If the robbery had happened on a national highway in the night, the punishment for the accused could be up to 14 years.”