A court here today awarded death sentence to a man for killing his father, step mother and step brother in 2014.
The court of additional judicial commissioner Rajiv Anand had convicted Nitesh Kumar Sahu for the triple murder on July 10 and today pronounced that he should be hanged till death.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs 5000 on Sahu.
On the intervening night of July 12 and 13, 2014, Sahu axed his father Shivnandan Sahu, step mother Kunti Devi and five-year-old step brother to death at Lahana village under Ratu police station in Ranchi district.
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