The Principal District and Session Judge of Bokaro Court Amitabh Kumar on Tuesday awarded life term with Rigorous Imprisonment to three while one got three years imprisonment with a fine of Rs 2,000 in a double murder case under Chandrapura police station on September 2013.
Under the IPC 302/34, 394/34, 449 and 411 the court awarded life term with RI to Rahul Singh, Bharti Singh and Seema Singh while Amit Singh awarded 3 years RI with a fine of Rs 2000 for killing a DVC engineer Ajay Singh and his wife Bandna Singh on September 4, 2013.
Executive Engineer Ajay Kumar Singh and his wife Vandana Singh were in their quarters of DVC colony under Chandrapura police station when the attackers killed them with sharp weapons.
At the time of the incidents their two children were in school, police said.
Within 24 hours of the incident a joint team of Bokaro and Bengal police nabbed four persons, including the servant couple who masterminded the crime for gold and money.
Police arrested servant Rahul Singh (30), wife Bharti Singh (26), mother Seema Devi (50) and brother Amit (28) and recovered gold chain, mangal sutra, earrings, nose ring, silver payal, Rs 10,000 in cash and ATM cards from their possession.
Police also recovered the knife used by the accused for killing. Bharti was working as maid since past five months at Ajay’s house.
Rahul was a daily wage earner and they lived in the outhouse at the premises of the house where the deceased lived.
During police interrogation, Rahul confessed to his crime and said the idea was framed by her wife Bharti, said PK Verma the Advocate who pleaded death penalty from the court for the accused.