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The arrested individual, Shareef C. Abbas, was apprehended by the police and presented before the court which sentenced him to one year in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000.
Shareef had been convicted in a case of gas cylinder theft from a gas agency in B.C. Road around 22 years ago. However, he had been absconding and failed to appear in court for the past 14 years.
Acting on a tip-off, the police, under the guidance of Bantwal Town Police Inspector T. Padmanabha, led by PSI Ramakrishna arrested him in Baikampady.