District and Sessions judge Kanwar Sen on Friday sentenced three persons in connection with an assault case on three members of a family which took place in 2010 for five years imprisonment. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5000 each against them. The accused persons have been identified as Dev Kishore alias Nandu, Ved Kishore and Sunita Devi, all residents of village Maral under laxmanjhula police station. They were also sentenced one year imprisonment with Rs 1000 as fine under Section 325, 324, 506, 452. Government councilor (criminal) KP Dangwal said that the incident took place while Sati Devi, the main victim, was attacked when she was about to feed a domestic cattle in the morning of June 20, 2010. Dev Kishore, Ved Kishore and Sunita Devi were involved in the attack. Sati Devi was injured. When her husband came in the way to protect her from being beaten he was attacked too. He sustained head injuries. The victim’s daughter Meena also faced the same as she came into the scene to protect her parents. They were admitted at a hospital at Rishikesh. An FIR was lodged in the police station laxmanjhula and police registered case under Section 307, 325, 324, 506,542 against the accused trio.
