Five accused of kidnap were sentenced to double life imprisonment along with penalty of Rs 1 lakh and one accused was sentenced to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 50,000 by First Class Judicial Magistrate (JMFC) Subodh Kumar Jain at Mahidpur on Friday.
According to the police, on December 12, 2011 complainant Dilip lodged a complaint that his brother Hasmukhlal has been kidnapped from Mahidpur road by Bhagwan Choti and others and have demanded Rs 25 lakh for his release.
Acting swiftly the police registered a case under section 365, 368, 323 and 120 B of the IPC and started the investigation and rescued Hashmukhlal. Around 9 people were booked for kidnapping. Bhagwan Choti Singh (35), Satendra Singh alias Kaka (33), Manish Bhati ( 24), Yogesh Mahawar (25), Sachin alias Khemraj Yadav (20), Naseer Khan (50), Jitendra, Balu Singh and Pratap Singh where among the accused.
Among the accused five who were the main accused Bhagwan, Satendra, Manish Yogesh and Sachin were sentenced life imprisonment under section 364 A of the IPC and they were sentenced life imprisonment under section 395 of the IPC. The five accused were fine with Rs 50,000 under each section they were charged.
Nasir was sentenced life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 under section 364 A. The other three accused Jitendra,Balu and Pratap were granted bail. During the trails it was found that Bahgwan Choti along with others kidnapped Hashmukhlal and demanded Rs 25 lakh for his release.
On Friday JMFC Subodh Kumar Jain after the completion of the hearing pronounced verdict and sentenced five accused for life imprisonment and one accused life imprisonment.