Court convicts man for killing alcoholic father in anger

A court here has convicted a man for beating his alcoholic father to death for selling his mobile phone to buy more liquor, saying that in a fit of rage he "hammered a man... who brought him in this beautiful world".

The court, however, diluted the charge of murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the Indian Penal Code, noting that the motive of Sandeep Tiwari was to get his mobile phone back and he never wanted to kill his father.

"Accused felt that his father had done a terrible wrong by selling off his mobile. In his zeal to reclaim and retrieve his mobile, he hammered a man, albeit under fit of rage, who brought him in this beautiful world.

"However, the prime interest and motive of accused was to somehow get back his mobile or to reach that man who had purchased the same from his father. He never wanted to kill his father," Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain said.

The court observed that Tiwari was a young man who must have felt fumed and annoyed on learning about such fact. "Mobile is a prized possession for any youngster. He must be finding it hard to live without the same," it said.