Virudhunagar The Additional District and Sessions Court, Virudhunagar, on Tuesday gave life sentence to two persons in connection with a murder case reported in 2012.
P. Muthupandi, 36, of Palavanatham and N. Kalimuthu, 62, of Sennelkudi had consumed liquor on March 6, 2012. In a drunken brawl, the duo had pushed one Moorthy, 47, down and crushed his head with a boulder killing him on the spot. Aruppukottai taluk police arrested the duo for murder, attempt-to-murder, criminal intimidation and wrongful restraint.
The Additional District and Sessions Court Judge S.D. Parimala, besides giving life sentence to both, gave two years jail for Muthupandi for threatening people and six months to the other for wrongful restraint.