A local court here sentenced 10 accused to life imprisonment and an additional jail term of three years to two accused in an honour killing case that took place last year.
The First Class Judicial Magistrate (JMFC) Shashibhushan Pathak on Thursday pronounced the sentence to 10 accused who were involved in honour killing. According to prosecution, on June 2, 2012, one Gambheer Singh of Jahgar had lodged a complaint with the Nasrullahganj police that his brother Savar Singh Keer was having a relationship with Hema, wife of Balbeer Singh Rajput and around a month ago they eloped.
Rajput got infuriated and felt humiliated. Then, Rajput and his party kidnapped Amardeep Singh, brother of Savar. Amardeep was severely beaten up and later he was set ablaze by pouring kerosene onto him.
A complaint was lodged with the police and a case under Section 302, 364, 147, 148, 149, 201 and 34 of the IPC were registered against the 10 accused — Balbeer, Raghuveer Narvad, Sumer Singh, Bhavani, Narmada Prasad, Suraj Singh, Dinesh Kundal, Bhanwar Singh, Balwant, laxman Singh and Jeevan Singh.
Pronouncing the sentence, JMFC Pathak termed the act as extremely heinous and brutal. In the sentence accused Balbeer Singh, Dinesh Kundal, Sumer Singh, Bhanwar Singh, Bhawani Singh, Suraj Singh, laxman Singh, Balwant Singh, Narvad Singh and Raghuveer were sentenced life term under section 302 and 149 of the IPC and a fine of Rs 10,000 was also imposed and 10 years of imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 5,000 under section 364 and 149 of the IPC.
Accused Jeevan and Narvada have been sentenced 3 years of imprisonment and fine of Rs 1000 under section 201 of the IPC. The additional public prosecutor Rajesh Gupta Nasrullahganj presented the case before the court.