A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district has sentenced five men to life imprisonment for the murder of three members of a family in 2010. Additional Sessions Judge Mohammad Naseem convicted Bachchu Singh, Sonu, Jaipal, Satendra, and Virendra after finding them guilty of the offence. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.04 lakh on each of the convicts.
The case dates back to October 11, 2010, when complainant Sunita, a resident of Sikri village, lodged a handwritten complaint alleging that her husband Rajkumar, brother-in-law Dushyant, and mother-in-law Vidya Devi were killed by the accused. According to the prosecution, the victims were returning home from their fields after harvesting paddy when the accused, who were lying in wait, opened fire, killing them on the spot. The prosecution alleged that the accused committed the murders over a dispute related to a piece of land they wanted to grab, which the victims’ family had opposed.
Sunita managed to escape and reached the police station to lodge the complaint. The court, after hearing the case, awarded life imprisonment to all five convicts and imposed the fine. Prosecution counsel Vimal Kumar stated that the accused were found guilty of the offence.
