Uttar Pradesh: Army jawan gets life term in murder case
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar has sentenced an Army jawan to life imprisonment for killing a shopkeeper over some financial dispute in 2010, a prosecution lawyer said on Thursday. Additional District Sessions judge Poonam Rajput convicted Army jawan Yogesh Kumar last evening after he surrendered. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs. 2,000 on him.
Two more sentenced for life in the case
Two other persons - Akhilesh and Kamal - were also sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case on January 30, while a non-bailable warrant was issued against Yogesh who had not appeared in the court. According to prosecution lawyer Ritu Choudhary, shopkeeper Tejpal was shot dead by the three men at Sisauli village on November 5, 2010.
