Gondia court sentences man to life imprisonment for his uncle's murder

A Gondia court in Maharashtra has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his uncle over a petty dispute reported the PTIAdditional sessions judge N D Khose on Saturday found the accused 25yearold Shubham alias Balu Santosh Dongre guilty of charges of murder as per the PTIAs per the case details the accused had an altercation with his uncle Sunil Gopichand Dongre during a party at his house in Khatiya village on March 3 2021Dongre attacked his uncle with a sharp weapon and killed him according to the PTIA case was registered against the accused under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code IPC and CrPCThree people get life imprisonment for killing Palghar manA Thane court in Maharashtra has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for killing a man in 2016 and robbing his jewellery saying the motive behind the offence is very dangerous and gives a wrong message to the society reported the PTIAdditional Sessions Judge Vasudha L Bhosale in her order on Saturday also imposed a fine of Rs 7500 on each of the accusedWhile one of the convicts Kamlesh Rajdev Sahani 35 hailed from Vasai in neighbouring Palghar district the two others Rupesh Rambhu Sah 34 and Mantu Ramadhar Patel were from Bihar the PTI reported on SundayAdditional Public Prosecutor APP Varsha R Chandane told the court that on the intervening night of November 22 and 23 2016 the accused waylaid the 23yearold victim Shivshankar alias Niku Shivprasad Chaurasiya in Vasai and stoned him to death as per the PTIThey decamped with the gold jewellery he was wearingThe victims face was badly smashed to destroy the evidence the prosecution told the courtThe three were booked on charges of murder voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery and destruction of evidenceThe judge said the accused committed the offence in a very brutal way against the deceased who was a very young person and the only child to his parentsThis is a loss that cannot be compensated and Niku was killed by the accused only for stealing his jewellery the court saidThe motive behind the offence is very dangerous for society giving a wrong message to the society hence the accused need to be convicted without showing any leniency it saidThe judge noted the prosecution had proved all the charges against the accused beyond reasonable doubt for which they need to be convicted and sentencedAPP Chandane said 23 prosecution witnesses were examined during the trial to prove the case against the accusedwith PTI inputs