Father-son murder case: Seven sentenced to life imprisonment

A court here has sentenced seven persons to life imprisonment for killing a man and his son here in 2020. District and Sessions Judge Jai Prakash Pandey on Wednesday sentenced the seven and also imposed a fine of Rs 1,01,500 each on them, District Government Counsel Priyadarshi Piyush Tripathi said.

Tripathi said that on August 13, 2020, Santra Devi, a resident of Akbelpur Naupur village, had gone to Lalganj market along with her husband Hiralala and sons Tej Kumar Yadav and Vinod Yadav to buy medicines.

According to the prosecution, when they reached Ghodsahna village, two persons identified as Surendra and Pradeep stopped them and took Hiralal and Tej Kumar Yadav to their house on the pretext of discussing the village head election.

Soon, an altercation broke out during which Pradeep and Surendra allegedly shot dead Hiralal. When Tej Kumar tried to flee, he was also shot dead, he said. Both father and son died on the spot, Tripathi added.

He said a chargesheet was filed against eight accused in the case, but one of them, Phenkhu Yadav, died during the trial.