Mandi Man gets 10-yr jail for murder

Tribune News Service

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Mandi, March 30

Additional District and Sessions Judge Hans Raj has awarded life imprisonment to a Mandi villager for murdering his sister-in-law at Sundernagar in 2014.

According to District Attorney Kulbhushan Gautam, the case under Section 302 was registered on February 2014 against Alam Singh, alias Avtar Singh, a resident of Dinak village in Mandi district, for hitting his sister-in-law with a spade in a fit of rage over a land dispute. She later succumbed to her injuries.

“The court found Alam Singh guilty of murder and awarded him life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him. In case of nonpayment of fine, he will have to undergo simple imprisonment for three months more,” the attorney said.