Thane, Sep 9 (PTI) A 27-year-old Gujarat native was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a man in Mumbra in Thane district in 2016 while three others were acquitted.

Additional Sessions Judge AS Bhagwat also fined Akash Uttekar, a resident of New Naroda in Ahmedabad, Rs 1,000.

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He was convicted for killing one Sameer Devalkar on April 14, 2016, said additional public prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale.

Nineteen witnesses were examined in the case, she added.

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