Ludhiana court sentences 4 to life for murdering man over old enmity

Time of India

11-07-2025

LUDHIANA: A local court sentenced four individuals to life imprisonment for the murder of a person over an old enmity. The court of Additional Sessions Judge/Fast Track Court Sandeep Singh Bajwa also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the four convicts.
On 29 July 2020, Koom Kalan police booked Gobinda and
Sagar
, both from Jadla village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District, along with Baljeet Singh and Gurmail Singh, both from Balliyewal in Ludhiana, under sections 302 (murder) and 149 of the IPC (unlawful assembly) for killing
Dara Singh
.
According to the prosecution, Bahadur Singh recorded a statement with the police that on that day, 29 July 2020, he went to village Baliawal with his elder brother Dara Singh and his nephew Pawandeep Singh to attend a bhog ceremony of a relative.
Two other relatives, Sagar and Gobinda from village Jadla, also came there with their 2 to 3 companions. Later, as the family members were sitting on the rooftop of the house, an argument broke out between Gobinda, Sagar, and his brother Dara Singh.
When he and his brother tried to calm things down, Gobinda, Sagar, along with Gurmail Singh and Baljit Singh, joined in and started beating his brother.
They pushed Dara Singh off the rooftop.
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After he fell to the ground, they continued attacking him with punches and kicks. Gobinda held both of Dara Singh's arms while Sagar grabbed his neck and strangled him forcefully. When Bahadur tried to help his brother, 2–3 unknown men who had come with the accused started hitting him with sticks, causing injuries on various parts of his body. Due to the beating, Dara Singh fell unconscious.
Seeing his condition, the attackers fled the scene.
He and Pawandeep Singh quickly arranged a vehicle and took Dara Singh to Civil Hospital, Koom Kalan, where the doctor checked him and declared him dead. Complainant Bahadur Singh stated that Dara Singh died due to the beating and strangulation by the named accused.
He also mentioned that the motive behind the attack was an old rivalry, as a fight took place 4 to 5 months earlier during a gambling session in village Jadla between the deceased and the accused.
The police booked the accused persons and arrested them. After completing investigations, the police presented a chargesheet against the accused in court.
During the trial of the case, the accused pleaded false implication. The prosecution examined a total of sixteen witnesses. The court observed that after carefully reviewing all the evidence and the overall circumstances of the case, it was clear that the accused—Sagar, Gobinda, Gurmail Singh, and Baljit Singh—acted together with a shared intention and played an active and deliberate role in the murder of Dara Singh.
It held that the eyewitness accounts of Bahadur Singh and Pawandeep Singh (prosecution witnesses) clearly stated that the accused assaulted Dara Singh, threw him from the roof, and while Gobinda held his arms, Sagar strangled him.
The court observed that their statements were direct, credible, and strongly supported by the medical evidence given by Dr Gurinder Kaur (prosecution witness) and Dr Osho Blaggan (prosecution witness), both of whom confirmed that the cause of death was asphyxia due to strangulation caused by a neck injury—matching the prosecution's version of events.
The court held that further, the sequence of events, the nature of the injuries, and the lack of any reasonable explanation or defence from the accused strengthened the prosecution's case. 'The accused have failed to present any convincing evidence of false implication or challenge the reliability of the prosecution's evidence.
They have also not shown any history of enmity or conflict with the complainant or the police that could suggest a motive for false allegations,' the court remarked.