KAITHAL: Three convicts have been sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 15, 000 in a case of murder. For not paying fine the accused will under further imprisonment of one month each.
In this case a resident of village Bartha behri had registered a case number 172 under Section 302, 323, 506, 34 IPC in police station Rajaund on 1 July 2022. DDA JB Goyal argued on behalf of prosecution . Goyal said that Vinod alias Dabbi, Joginder and Gurpreet of the same village along with the complainant's brother (now deceased) had a fight 2-3 days ago over something which was settled in the village itself. But Vinod, Joginder, Gurpreet had taken a rivalry about this.
On 29 June 2022, the complainant's brother was coming home from the fields. When he approached the liquor vend Vinod, Joginder, Gurpreet were already standing on the spot. At that time the complainant was also going towards the fields. He saw that the three were fighting with his brother with sticks and kicking. him . On making noise, all three fled threatening to kill them.
The complainant took his brother to the government hospital Rajaund and later brought to the government hospital Kaithal. Seeing the critical condition from there, the doctor referred him to PGI Chandigarh but died on the way. On receiving the complaint, during the investigation, the police arrested the three accused and presented them in the court.
ADJ Amit Garg, after listening to both sides, found the three accused guilty of Human slaughter and sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 15, 000 . Gurpreet alias Golu, a convict, has been fined 6000 separately under the SC ST Act in addition to life imprisonment.