UP court sentences man to death for murder
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A special court here has sentenced a person to death for murdering a Dalit man last year.
Special SC/ST court judge Mahendra Singh also slapped a fine of Rs 1.4 lakh on the convict on Wednesday, prosecution lawyer Aishwarya Rajput told PTI.
Narrating the case, Rajput said that on September 21, 2020, a 65-year-old Nathu Lal was attacked with a shovel in Din Nagar Shekhupur village in the Bilsi police station area here by the convict, Roop Kishore.
Lal, who used to work in a field, was packing a water pipe around midnight when Kishore approached him and asked for the pipe, the lawyer said.
When Lal refused, Kishore attacked him with a shovel and severed his neck, she said.
The owner of a tubewell who was present at the spot informed the victim's family about the incident. Following this, the victim's relatives caught Kishore and handed him over to the police, she added.
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