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20-year-old man arrested for trespassing in Chandigarh
The accused barged into a residential property in an inebriated state and threatened the daughter of the complainant with a knife in Chandigarh
A 20-year-old man was arrested for trespassing on a residential property in Sector 25 on Sunday.
On September 12, the accused, Rahul alias Pelia of Sector 25, barged into a residential property in an inebriated state and threatened the daughter of the complainant with a knife. She locked herself in a room while her family called the police.
A case under Sections 452 (house trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at the Sector 11 police station.
The accused was arrested and produced before the court on Sunday. He was sent to judicial custody.
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