Latest News | Man Sentenced to Life Term in 22 Year Old Murder Case in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 13 (PTI) A local court has sentenced a man, who had been absconding for several years, to life in prison in a 2002 murder case, a government counsel said on Friday.

The main accused was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2003, the official said.

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Additional District and Sessions Judge Kanishk Kumar Singh has also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the accused Naushad after holding him guilty under section 302 (punishment for murder) of the Indian Penal Code.

The pair were convicted of shooting dead a late Army jawan's widow following a dispute over pension at a hotel along the Delhi-Dehradun national highway in this district in September 2002.

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The victim was the sister-in-law of Krishan, the main accused who was sentenced in 2003.

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