{"id":41891,"date":"2016-03-10T09:27:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T03:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41891"},"modified":"2016-03-10T09:27:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T03:57:49","slug":"prisoner-serving-life-sentence-gets-10-yr-ri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/prisoner-serving-life-sentence-gets-10-yr-ri","title":{"rendered":"Prisoner serving life sentence gets 10-yr RI"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37523\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/person-in-jail.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37523\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/poverty-cant-be-ground-to-keep-undertrials-in-jails-sc\/person-in-jail\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/person-in-jail.png?fit=213%2C151&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"213,151\" 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=\"person in jail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/person-in-jail.png?fit=213%2C151&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/person-in-jail.png?fit=213%2C151&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37523 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/person-in-jail.png?resize=213%2C151&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Prisoner serving life sentence gets 10-yr RI\" width=\"213\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prisoner serving life sentence gets 10-yr RI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A prisoner serving life sentence in Nashik Road Central Jail has been awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment in connection with the murder of an inmate.<\/p>\n<p>District and Sessions Judge Anil Khadase yesterday awarded 10-year RI to Manoj Kumar Yadav, who is presently serving life imprisonment in a murder case, after convicting him of killing a jail inmate.<\/p>\n<p>The sentence will run con-currently.<\/p>\n<p>According to government prosecutor Sunita Salve, Yadav and the victim, Raju Devasi Revaskar, stayed in the same jail barrack.<\/p>\n<p>On July 17, 2012, Yadav in a fit of rage hit Revaskar on his head with a wooden-plank after the latter provoked him over some issue.<\/p>\n<p>Revaskar was wounded and sent to Mumbai&#8217;s J J Hospital for treatment where he succumbed his injuries on July 21, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The jail authorities lodged a complaint with Nashik Road police, which registered an offence against Yadav under IPC section 303 (punishment for murder by life-convict) and filed a case in court.<\/p>\n<p>The district and sessions court examined 10 witnesses, but most of them turned hostile.<\/p>\n<p>However, considering the circumstantial evidence and a witness from the jail staff, the court awarded punishment to Yadav.<\/p>\n<p>According to a senior jail official, Yadav has been in Nashik Road Central Prison since April 2009 after being brought there from Thane with regard to a murder case in Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prisoner serving life sentence in Nashik Road Central Jail has been awarded 10 years rigorous imprisonment in connection with the murder of an inmate. 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