The Kollam Additional Sessions Court on Wednesday sentenced CPI-M worker Sajeev, alias Kali Sajeev, a native of Pattathanam, to life imprisonment for the 1997 murder of RSS leader Pattathanam Santhosh.
During arguments for sentencing, the prosecution demanded capital punishment, arguing that the crime fell under the ‘rarest of the rare’ category. However, the defence pleaded for leniency, citing Cadell’s age and psychological state.
The Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Court VI on Tuesday awarded rigorous life imprisonment to Poovachal native Priyaranjan for the murder of a class 10 student.
The Kollam Additional Sessions Court on Monday awarded life imprisonment to two accused in the dowry death case of a 28-year-old woman at Pooyapally in Oyoor, Kerala’s Kollam district.
The sixth accused in the heinous crime that took place in September last year, a minor, is being tried separately in a juvenile court.
The incident occurred at Jaam Gate, a picnic spot near Mhow Cantonment in Indore district, between 2 and 3 am on September 11, 2024.
Among those sentenced to life, Prabhakaran was a former local secretary of the CPI-M and former president of the Edakkad panchayat, while KV Padmanabhan and Manombeth Radhakrishnan were CPI-M local committee members.
Himachal Inspector General of Police (IGP) and seven other poilce personnel were sentenced to life imprisonment by the CBI court on Monday, in the custodial death of an alleged accused in the Kotkhai rape-murder of a 16-year old school girl in Shimla district.
A special NIA court has sentenced 28 convicts to life imprisonment for the murder of ABVP worker Chandan Gupta, who was killed during the Kasganj riots on January 26, 2018, while participating in a Tiranga Yatra.
These convicts have been awarded the punishment for the offences of murder and criminal conspiracy under Sections 300 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code, respectively.
