{"id":41753,"date":"2016-03-02T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T03:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41753"},"modified":"2016-03-02T08:38:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T03:08:59","slug":"murder-case-court-awards-life-sentence-to-accused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/murder-case-court-awards-life-sentence-to-accused","title":{"rendered":"Murder case: Court awards life sentence to accused"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38772\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38772\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38772\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ncdrc-slaps-rs-1-lakh-cost-on-godrej-dismisses-plea\/ncdrc-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?fit=420%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"420,239\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NCDRC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;MCD employees&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?fit=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?fit=420%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38772 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Murder case: Court awards life sentence to accused\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Murder case: Court awards life sentence to accused<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Muzaffarnagar (UP)\u00a0court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing an eight-year-old boy in the district seven years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Additional District Sessions Judge Arvind Rai has also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the accused Deepak after holding him guilty under section 302 of IPC\u00a0yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Kartik was shot dead by the accused over old enmity with his family at Bhora Khurd village in the district on March 8, 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Muzaffarnagar (UP)\u00a0court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing an eight-year-old boy in the district seven years ago. Additional District Sessions Judge Arvind Rai has also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the accused Deepak after holding him guilty under section 302 of IPC\u00a0yesterday. 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