Life term & fine for all 11 convicts
T'puram: Nedumangad
SC/ST special court
judge A Shajahan sentenced all 11 accused in the
Pothencode Sudheesh murder case
to
life imprisonment
and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 each on Wednesday.
In total, the accused have to pay a fine of Rs 2.75 lakh and in default of the payment, they shall undergo an additional jail term of six months. The court also ordered that Rs 1 lakh from the fine be paid to mother of the victim.
Life imprisonment and a Rs 10,000 fine were imposed as per IPC Section 302 for murder, five-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 as per IPC Section 326 for voluntarily causing grievous hurt using a lethal weapon, two-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 as per Section 324 for causing hurt using a weapon, three-year imprisonment and a Rs 5,000 fine under IPC Section 449 for house trespass, three-year jail as per the Arms Act, 18 months in jail under Sections 143 and 144 for unlawful assembly, three-year jail as per Sections 147 and 148 for rioting and six months for wrongful restraint as per section 341.
All the sentences will run concurrently, informed the court. The court, however, observed that the prosecution failed to prove the conspiracy charges against the accused.
Mangalapuram native Sudheesh was murdered by the accused after they trespassed into the house of his relative at Pothencode on Dec 11, 2021.
The accused in the case are Sudheesh alias Unni, Shyam, Rajesh alias Ottakam Rajesh, Nidheesh, Nandeesh, Ranjith, Sreenath, Sooraj, Arun, Jishnu Pradeep and Sachin.
As part of gang rivalry, Sudheesh, belonging to the scheduled tribe category, was murdered for attacking a friend of the first accused.
Sudheesh bled to death as the accused chopped off his leg. They carried the leg on a bike and later, left it on the road, and its CCTV visuals turned out to be crucial in the case.
Since the deceased belonged to the scheduled tribe category, the case was investigated by the then
Nedumangad
DSP MK Sulfikar. There were 82 witnesses in the case, but four among them turned hostile later. On behalf of the prosecution, special public prosecutor Geena Kumari appeared in the court.
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