Bareilly, July 19: A Bareilly court took 29 years to sentence two men to five years for a crime of stealing Rs 370 from a man. Three men had drugged a man in a train back in 1988. The court of the additional district and sessions judge in Bareilly, in its order, pronounced the sentence and also fined the two men Rs 10,000 each. The third accused died in 2004. Also Read - This University Postpones Medical Examinations at The Last-Minute | Details Inside

On October 21, 1988, the three accused Chandra Pal, Kanhaiya Lal and Sarvesh befriended and offered Wajid Husain tea laced with drugs when he was travelling from Shahjahanpur to Punjab. Following the incident, Pal remained absconding for 16 years. The three accused then robbed him of Rs 370 that Wajid Husain had in his pocket. “An FIR was lodged against three people under IPC Sections 379 (theft), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) and 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) . In 2004, it came to light that Pal had died. Then the case was transferred to the court of the additional district and sessions judge against Kanhaiya Lal and Sarvesh,” said Additional district government counsel Suresh Babu Sahu, reported TOI. (Also Read: Nelson Mandela Day of Freedom, Justice, Democracy: How The World is Doing in Three Democratic Values) Also Read - 2,500 Visitors in One Shift, Online Booking | Taj Mahal Set to Reopen From Monday After 6 Months

Husain last came to the court in 2012. The two accused now have grown-up sons and daughters in their native village in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh. The accused, now in their 60s, according to the reports, regret the “gross mistake” back in 1988, terming the crime as “consequences of youth”. Sarvesh said that the trail was the real punishment to them and not the two-year sentence that they have been given now. “The closure is a cause for happiness, “Sarvesh said. Also Read - War on 'Love Jihad'? Yogi Govt Likely to Bring Ordinance To Restrict Religious Conversion in UP