The four men accused of stoning a man to death were remanded to judicial custody on February 6. The accused have also been booked under section 302 of IPC.
It should be recalled that Atal Bihari Mehta, a grocer, was stoned to death on the night of January 30 in Barsayta under Rehla police station. Four were arrested in connection with the murder. The murder was all for a woman, who was the fiancee of Atal Bihari. The four wanted to have an easy time with the woman, which Atal Bihari resisted and this resulted in the murder, said SP Palamu Indrajeet Mahatha.
An FIR was filed on January 31 and a police team led by DSP Heeralal Ravi cracked the case.
The four remanded in the jail are Sanjay Sharma, Santosh Kumar, Ravi Ranjan and Pawan Mehta, all from Barsayta village under Rehla police station limit. Among the four arrested, Pawan used to drive Atal Bihari's autorickshaw
During interrogation, fiancée of the deceased said that the one of the accused grabbed her while the rest tried to attack Atal Bihari. later, all of them stoned Atal Bihari to death. Meanwhile, the woman escaped from the scene and reached her home. She narrated the whole episode to her parents.
later, the woman recorded her statement before a judicial officer, said the SP.
Police have recovered the stone with which the grocer was done to death. The blood stained stone would be sent to FSl Ranchi, added the SP.
The SP said that they will pray in the court for invoking sections pertaining to collective intention to broke the chastity of a woman.