HC sentences 9 to life imprisonment in T P Chandrasekharan murder case
These convicts have been awarded the punishment for the offences of murder and criminal conspiracy under Sections 300 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code, respectively.
These convicts have been awarded the punishment for the offences of murder and criminal conspiracy under Sections 300 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code, respectively.
Though Sanu pleaded for leniency in his sentence citing there was nobody to look after his 70-year-old mother, the court did not consider it.
During the hearing on Friday (June 30), the court of Additional Session Judge Atul Saxena convicted the accused Puran Singh Ahirwar and Vidya Bai Ahirwar under Section Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 302, 120B and 201.
During communal riots in the area, SHO Phool Mohammed Khan, who was injured, took refuge in his official vehicle. However, the vehicle was burnt by a riotous mob, wherein Phool Mohammad got burnt alive.
A POCSO court awarded the punishment to the youth, almost four years after the crime was committed. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 52,000 on the accused.
Jamnagar District and Sessions Court Judge DM Vyas also awarded similar penalty to police constable Pravinsinh Jhala.
Salla became the first person to be put under the "national no fly list", and was also the first to be booked under the stringent Anti Hijacking Act, which had replaced a vintage law of 1982. The court of special NIA judge K M Dave said the fine amount submitted by the convict, businessman Birju Salla, will be distributed among the crew members and passengers on board the affected plane.
On 26 April, the court had pronounced 40-year-old Sai guilty of rape of a girl in 2013.
P Rajagopal was convicted in the murder of an employee, Prince Shantakumar, in October 2001 to marry his wife on the advice of an astrologer.
While words on social media often land people in trouble, a convict’s poems written while in prison saved his life.
