Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 23: Principal Sessions Judge Samba MA Chowdhary has awarded five years rigorous imprisonment to four accused persons namely Vinod Singh, Sushil Singh, Anil Singh and Lakhvir Singh, all the residents of Samba, in a murderous attack case.
After hearing Public Prosecutor Jawad Ahmed Khawaja for the police whereas Advocate Sudershan Khanmotra for the accused persons, the court observed, “young age of the convicts and their having no criminal background cannot be lost sight of but the injuries which have been sustained by the injured and the act of the convicts voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons, after restraining the injured also cannot be overlooked”.
“As per the convicts, they are only male family members and they have to look after their old age parents and the young children. They have been facing the trial for over more than ten years. Moreover, they are first offenders as nothing adverse has either been pleaded or proved by the prosecution”, the court said.
“Having regard to the offences having been committed by the accused/convicts when they were young boys, their protracted trial spanning over ten years, growing into family men, appearing regularly on dates of hearing during ten years trial and keeping in view all the facts and circumstances and balancing the aggravating and the mitigating circumstances, the ends of justice is that each of the convicts namely Vinod Singh alias Binny, Sushil Singh alias Sonu, Lakhvir Singh alias Lucky and Anil Singh alias Resoo are sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a term of five years and also to pay fine of Rs 25,000 for the commission of offence punishable under Section 326 RPC”, the court said.
In case of default in paying the fine, the defaulting convict(s) shall undergo further imprisonment of six months. They have further been awarded imprisonment for a period of one month and fine of Rs 500 for the commission of offence punishable under Section 341 RPC and in case of default in paying the fine, the defaulting convict(s) shall undergo further imprisonment of seven days.
Both the sentences of imprisonment, however, shall run consecutively, the court said.
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