CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur. Deoband, In a 24-year-old murder case, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Deoband Vineet Kumar Vaswani convicted accused Vineet son Amrish resident of village Kishanpura police station Badgaon district Saharanpur on the charge of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment with hard labour. Also, he was fined Rs 75,000. If the fine is not paid, the accused will have to undergo an additional sentence of two years. Assistant District Government Advocate Devidayal Sharma said that on 29 April 2000, Sukhbir Singh son of Tarachand, Rajkumar and Subhashchandra sons of Sukhbir, residents of village Kishanpura of police station Badgaon, were irrigating their fields. Then Vineet and many other people of the same village attacked the three with sharp weapons in a dispute over irrigation. Sukhbir died in this. In this regard, Sukhbir's son Rajkumar had lodged a case in Badgaon police station. After investigation, the investigating officer had sent a chargesheet against the accused in the court. The court had already decided against the accused Ramkishan, Amrish and Dinesh. While Vineet's case was stayed as per the High Court order.
After the stay was over, the trial of the said case against accused Vineet was going on in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge. Judge Vineet Kumar Vaswani, after hearing the arguments of the prosecution and the defense, found Vineet son of Amrish guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment with hard labour. He was also fined Rs 75,000. If the fine is not paid, the accused will have to undergo an additional sentence of two years.