Kaushambi, A court in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday convicted four accused and sentenced them to life imprisonment in the 2009 kidnapping and murder of a Dalit woman.
The court also imposed a fine of ₹1.31 lakh on each of the accused.
Additional District Government Advocate (Criminal) Pankaj Sonkar said that the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge and Special Judge (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act) Amit Malviya delivered the verdict after considering the prosecution’s arguments, witness statements, and evidence.
He said that the accused have been identified as Arvesh Tiwari, Sarvesh Tiwari, Ramkant Dubey, and Shivkant Dubey.
The court sentenced all four to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹1.31 lakh each.
According to Sonkar, on October 7, 2009, the father of a woman named Kunti Devi filed a complaint at the Sarai Akil police station, alleging that the four accused lured his daughter away and later murdered her.
Based on the complaint, the police registered a case under sections 363 (kidnapping), 364 (kidnapping with intent to murder), 368 (wrongful confinement or wrongful confinement of a person abducted), 302 (murder), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and 34 (acts done with common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A case was also registered against the accused under Section 3(2)(5) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
According to the prosecution, the police filed a charge sheet against the accused after completing the investigation.
The prosecution said that after considering the available evidence and the arguments of the prosecution, the court convicted all four accused and sentenced them.
Courtesy: Hindi News