Latest News | UP: Court Sentences Three Men to Life Imprisonment for Murder

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jul 9 (PTI) A court here has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for killing a woman during a robbery in 2011, officials said on Wednesday.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Ravikant on Tuesday convicted Rahul Mittal, Saurabh Verma, and Naushad under Sections 302 (murder) and 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and imposed a fine of Rs 13,000 on each of them.

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Government counsel Ashish Tyagi told PTI that the incident occurred on August 3, 2011 in Reshu Vihar locality.

According to the prosecution, the three accused broke into the house of Kavita Aggarwal with the intent to rob. When she resisted the robbery attempt, her throat was slit, leading to her death on the spot.

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An FIR was lodged by the victim's husband, Prahlad Aggarwal against unidentified persons.

Following the investigation, the involvement of Mittal, Verma, and Naushad was established, Tyagi said.

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