Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Feb 26: A court in Anantnag today awarded life imprisonment to a man for killing his brother with axe in a bid to grab his property nearly nine years ago.
Principal Sessions Judge Anantnag Naseer Ahmad Dar also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict Ghulam Nabi Bhat son of Gull Mohammad Bhat of Mal Akad, Anantnag for killing his 33-year-old brother, Mohammad Shafi, on 3rd March 2013.
“Taking into consideration the mitigating factors and other attending facts and circumstances of the case, this court is of the opinion that this is not the fit case where death penalty should be imposed under Section 302 RPC,” the Principal Sessions Judge Anantnag said. Therefore, the court said it would be just and proper to sentence the convict for life imprisonment.
“Accordingly, convict namely Gh. Nabi Bhat is sentenced to imprisonment for life under section 302 RPC and fine of Rs.10,000.”
The court said that the ultimate victims of the crime are the family of the deceased.
“It has been reported that the deceased is survived by old aged father, the widow and three children and all the children were minor at the time of alleged occurrence and still two out of them are minor including one daughter,” the court said, adding, “Therefore, while passing the sentence upon the convict, the question of compensation of the victims of the crime is also to be taken into consideration.”
The court recommended that Member Secretary Jammu & Kashmir Legal Services Authority shall release an amount of Rs.2 lakhs in favour of the legal heirs of the deceased through their mother Muneera Begum.
“It is also recommended that out of Rs.2 lakhs, Rs.50,000 shall be paid to the father of the deceased and the accused namely Gull Mohammad Bhat.”
The court awarded the sentence a day after convicting Ghulam Nabi Bhat for murdering his brother.
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