Three get life in jail for killing minor 10 yrs ago

A local court here has sentenced to life imprisonment three people who murdered a youth after a minor spat at a marriage ceremony nearly a decade ago.

Prosecution lawyer Suresh Yadav said that during the nine-year-long trial, the defence attempted to mislead the court by giving false witness. But the court of special judge Anil Kumar Jha, after hearing arguments from both sides, convicted and sentenced Umesh Sharma, Ashok Rawat and Parvinder alias Pintu, besides fining them in the verdict delivered on 30 October. The Loni police, in its charge sheet, submitted that on 11 December, 2005, the three accused got into an altercation with Manoj, 25, at a wedding function in Ram Park Extension. Next day, the accused thrashed Manoj with bats while he was playing cricket at the  Ram Lila ground. The court also fined the accused Rs 50,000 each.