Muzaffarnagar, Sep 18 (PTI) A court here has awarded six years' jail term to a man for robbing Rs 2.70 lakh from a shopkeeper after intercepting him on a road in 2015.

Additional chief judicial magistrate Prashant Kumar Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on Deepak after holding him guilty under Indian Penal Code section 392 (punishment for robbery).

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Prosecution officer Ramavtar Singh said Mohd Naeem was robbed off of his Rs 2.70 lakh when he was on his way to Muzaffarnagar from Budhana town on February 16, 2015.

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