Chandigarh: Life term for youth who strangled 60-year-old to death
As per prosecution, the murder was reported on June 2, 2020, when the police received information that a 60-year-old man was found lying in a pool of blood in a shop in Pipliwala town near Shivalik Garden in Manimajra, Chandigarh
A Manimajra youth, who has strangled a 60-year-old man to death in June 2020, has been sentenced to life in prison by a local court.
The court of additional district and sessions judge Harpreet Kaur also imposed a fine of ₹25,000 on the convict Karan Subba.
As per prosecution, the murder was reported on June 2, 2020, when the police received information that a 60-year-old man was found lying in a pool of blood in a shop in Pipliwala town near Shivalik Garden in Manimajra.
As police reached the spot and began investigation, they found the Aadhaar card of a man named Karan Subba near the victim, identified as Bulawan Rawat.
The deceased’s nephew Rajan approached the police and stated that he was working as a carpenter in a shop while his uncle was working as a labourer in the same shop for the last 25 to 30 years.
One person Karan used to accompany his uncle to buy liquor and for the last some days prior to the incident, they were having some argument over an issue. He had also threatened his uncle of killing him, the complainant told the police, who had then arrested Karan.
Public prosecutor JP Singh said strong circumstantial evidence led to conviction as it was clear that the victim died due to strangulation. “As per the report of FSL, it was duly established that the DNA profile generated from the blood stains found on the clothes of accused matched with the DNA profile of the deceased,” said Singh.
Moreover, the DVR containing CCTV footage of the incident showed that the accused had committed the murder of deceased.
While convicting the accused, the court stated that on critical examination of evidence on record, this court was of the considered opinion that the prosecution by producing cogent, convincing and unblemished evidence had clearly established the recovery of Aadhaar card of the accused from the spot, blood stained clothes of accused pursuant to his disclosure statement, forensic evidence in the form of CFSL reports, CCTV footage, which completed the chain of events and joined all the dots of the prosecution story.
“Hence, the circumstances on which prosecution relies are capable of supporting the sole inference that the accused is guilty of commission of offence of murder. The chain of circumstances is complete and it leaves no doubt and it has been established within all human probabilities that the accused had inflicted injuries on the person of the deceased with the intention to commit murder of the deceased which were fatal in nature and has caused his death. As such, the prosecution has been able to bring home the guilt of the accused,” said the court.
While pleading for leniency, the accused stated that he was unmarried and his aged parents were dependent on him.
While sentencing the accused, the court stated that the convict had committed murder of a 60-year-old person. “The amount of rage the accused had shown in inflicting as many as 12 injuries on the deceased, disqualifies him from any leniency,” said the court.