Chandigarh: A court here on Wednesday awarded life sentence to Harmehtab Singh Rarewala in the 2017 murder case of Akansh Sen, the nephew of former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's wife Pratibha.
The Additional District and Sessions judge Rajeev Goyal pronounced the verdict holding Harmehtab Singh Rarewala, an accused in the case, guilty on Monday after a two-year long trial that was concluded in October.
"Harmehtab Singh Rarewala has been sentenced to life imprisonment till death by the court. A fine of Rs 3 lakh has also been imposed on the convict," said Terminder Singh, the counsel of complainant Adamya Rathaur, who is Sen's cousin.
Harmehtab Singh Rarewala was held guilty under section 302 (murder) of the IPC, Singh said.
The convict is the grandson of the erstwhile Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) chief minister Gian Singh Rarewala. PEPSU was a union of eight princely states that existed between 1948 and 1956.
Sen died after being mowed down by a BMW car following an altercation here in February 2017.