The court of Additional Sessions Judge, Tenughat, of Bokaro district, on Tuesday sentenced 10 people to life imprisonment for lynching a man, whom they suspected of being a child thief.
The court held the 10 persons guilty under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) among other offences.
The 10 men –Kishor Dasaudi, Suraj Barnawal,Chandan Dasaudi, Jitan Rajak, Sagar Turi, Manoj Suri, Sonu Turi, Jitendra Thakur, Rajkumar Koeri and Ghutia Koieri, were convicted of murdering Samsudin Ansari on April 04, 2017.
The court has forwarded its order to the district legal services authority, so it can initiate steps to compensate the victim’s family.
The victim’s family members welcomed the judgement and said that the death of Ansari was an irreparable loss for them and the accused deserved nothing less.
A mob of more than 30 people had lynched Samsudin Ansari, who had gone to his sister’s house at Narra village within limits of Chanderpura police station on April 4, 2017. He was suspected to be a child thief while buying some stuff at the local market.
later Chanderpura police reached the spot after getting information and recovered his body.