This Article is From Sep 16, 2014

Delhi: Court Sentences Man to 10 Years For Murder

Delhi: Court Sentences Man to 10 Years For Murder
New Delhi: A Delhi court has sentenced a 23-year-old youth to 10 years in jail for beating a man, who was in relationship with his mother, to death.

Additional Sessions Judge Rajesh Kumar Goel held Naveen guilty of killing one Anil Kumar in 2009 and convicted him for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304 (part 1) of IPC.

The court also convicted his mother, Sunita, for helping him get rid of Kumar's body and sentenced her to three years rigorous imprisonment under section 201 (destruction of evidence) of IPC.

The court made a recommendation to the North District Service Legal Authority to award appropriate compensation to the family members Kumar under the Delhi Victim Compensation Scheme.


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