Delhi court sentences five men to prison for attacking police

…aggravating circumstances warranting a deterrent sentence, but declined to impose the maximum penalty, citing mitigating circumstances. The sentences for all offences will run concurrently. Judge Parveen Singh said: “ It is not a case where a very lenient view should be taken as the convicts were involved in a frontal attack upon the state machinery which was involved in maintaining law and order and trying to suppress the riots. ” However, he noted that there were mitigating circumstances in favour of the convicts. The court sentenced Arif, Mohd. Khalid, Abdul Sattar, Tanveer Ali and Hunain to two years’ rigorous imprisonment under Section 152…