Goa: Court awards 10-year jail term for murder attempt

PONDA: The additional district and sessions court, Ponda on Wednesday sentenced Akhilendra Kumar Singh, alias Anis, a native of Uttar Pradesh, to rigorous imprisonment for ten years in an attempt to murder case.
Bela N Naik, the district judge-2 and additional sessions judge, Panaji sitting at Ponda, also directed the accused to pay Rs 20,000 and undergo an additional rigorous imprisonment for two years. If the accused pays the fine, it will be given to the victim, the court has ordered, public prosecutor Satyawan Raut Dessai said.
The prosecution examined 12 witnesses during the course of trial, Dessai said.
Singh, a native of Basuchak village of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, was accused of attempting to kill his roommate on the intervening night of November 17 and 18, 2017.
Police records state that Lalbahadur Singh, then 35 years old, the accused who was 28 years old then and Chhoturam worked as casual labourers at construction sites and were staying in a rented room at Koparwada, Curti together.
The incident came to light when Chhoturam returned to his room at night and found Lalbahadur lying unconscious while Anis was missing. He rushed him to Ponda sub-district hospital and also informed his brother Monturam.
Following a complaint from Monturam, presently staying at Deepnagar-Curti, police apprehended the accused from Kenjar, a village on the Mangaluru airport road.