Kollam (Kerala), A Kerala court on Tuesday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for lynching a youth living in their colony near Chathannur here in 2019.
Public prosecutor Sisin G Mundakkal said Additional District Sessions Judge P N Vinod awarded life imprisonment to Vijesh (29), Ajit (29) and Ranju (29) for the murder of 21-year-old Shyam.
According to the prosecution, the convicts beat Shyam to death because he and his father questioned the conduct of the convicts and other accused in taking water from a public well in their colony to drink with alcohol.
The prosecutor said that on the night of January 12, 2019, following an argument between the two parties, seven accused in the case beat Shyam to death with rods and sticks.
The main accused died during the pendency of the trial and three other co-accused were acquitted, he said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convicts and directed that the amount, if recovered, would be given to the victim's family, the prosecutor said.
Besides this, the court also ordered the District Legal Services Authority to pay appropriate compensation to the victim's family and take steps for their rehabilitation, the prosecutor said.
Public prosecutor Sisin G Mundakkal said Additional District Sessions Judge P N Vinod awarded life imprisonment to Vijesh (29), Ajit (29) and Ranju (29) for the murder of 21-year-old Shyam.
According to the prosecution, the convicts beat Shyam to death because he and his father questioned the conduct of the convicts and other accused in taking water from a public well in their colony to drink with alcohol.
The prosecutor said that on the night of January 12, 2019, following an argument between the two parties, seven accused in the case beat Shyam to death with rods and sticks.
The main accused died during the pendency of the trial and three other co-accused were acquitted, he said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convicts and directed that the amount, if recovered, would be given to the victim's family, the prosecutor said.
Besides this, the court also ordered the District Legal Services Authority to pay appropriate compensation to the victim's family and take steps for their rehabilitation, the prosecutor said.
