BIHARSHARIF: The Nalanda Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) principal judge, Manvendra Mishra, on Monday awarded three years punishment under Section 302 and three years each under Sections 379 and 120(B) of the IPC to three juveniles accused of murder. The punishments will go concurrently.
Additional public prosecutor Rajesh Pathak said Mohd Altimash of Biharsharif Town, Imran alias Mona of Bhusatta also from Biharsharif Town and Shabbir, a native of Alamganj in Biharsharif, were found guilty of killing their friend Jitendra Kumar on February 8, 2019, after stealing Rs 24,000 from him.
He said Imran alias Mona confessed he had taken Rs 10,000 from someone for his treatment at an interest of Rs 3,000 a month. “When he did not pay the heavy interest, Mona along with his two friends Altimash and Shabbir hatched a conspiracy to steal some money from their friend after getting him drunk,” said Pathak.
The trio called Jitendra to meet them around 10 pm, they drank together and when Jitendra lost his senses they slit his throat with a blade and stole Rs 24,000 from his pocket the same night. On the morning of February 9, 2019, a critically injured Jitendra was taken to Biharsharif Sadar hospital and was later sent to PMCH, where doctors declared him brought dead.
APP Pathak said the court considering the age of the convicts awarded them minimum punishment. Other two members of JJB Dharmendra Kumar and Usha Kumari consented to the punishment awarded to the convicts.