2 get life term for murder

The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Jagdeep Singh on Monday sentenced two convicts in a murder case to life imprisonment and imposed a fine.

According to the police, a stabbed body of a man was found lying by the roadside in Gudana village on September 23 in 2022. On the complaint of the sarpanch, an FIR of murder was registered at Pataudi Police Station. The victim was identified as Dilip Kumar Mehta, a resident of JJ colony, Punjabi Bagh, Delhi.

While investigating, the police had arrested two accused who were identified as Krishan Kumar, a resident of Rajpura village in Rewari district and Asim Banerjee, a native of Assam.

During interrogation, it was revealed that Krishan knew Mehta and on September 22, he along with Asim went to Mehta’s house in Rewari and persuaded him to come with them on some pretext.

After he sat in their car, they tied him up and demanded Rs 15 lakh from him. Even though Mehta managed to scrape Rs 9 lakh from a friend and gave the money to the accused, the accused killed him and dumped his body near Pataudi. Later, the police arrested both the accused and they were sent into judicial custody.

“On the basis of the charge sheet filed and the evidence and witnesses collected by the police, the Court of Additional Sessions Judge Jagdeep Singh today while convicting both the accused of murder, sentenced them to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 60,000,” a Gurugram police spokesperson said.