Bihar: Ten awarded death in Ara murder case

ARA: The court of additional district and sessions judge (ADJ-9) Manoj Kumar at Ara on Monday awarded death sentence to all the ten accused of killing a prominent local bag trader, Imran Khan, in the busy market area of Dharman Chowk on December 6, 2018. The convicted persons include notorious criminal Khurshid Kuraishi and his brother Abdullah Kuraishi.
The others who got death sentence are Anwar Kuraishi, Guddu Miyan, Shamsher Miyan, Phurchan Miyan, Babli Miyan, Ahmad Miyan, Raju Khan and Tausif Alam. The court found them guilty of murder, criminal conspiracy, creating fear for extortion and the Arms Act. Earlier, they were convicted under sections 387/34, 307/34, 302/34, 120(B) of the IPC and Section 27 of Arms Act. The court also imposed a fine of Rs2.6 lakh on each of the convicts.
While APP Nagendra Prasad Singh represented the prosecution side, lawyers Bhuneshwar Tiwari, Shivji Singh and Amit Kumar Gupta argued from the defence side.
APP Singh told mediapersons that Imran was killed at his shop in Shobha Market at Dharman Chowk. "His brother Akil Ahmad was injured in the heavy firing by the criminals. A named FIR was lodged against ten persons with the Town police station of Ara on the statement of Akil," he said.
It was alleged that the criminals had demanded Rs10 lakh from Imran, who refused to pay the extortion money and was killed by the accused, Singh said.
The judgment was delivered via videoconferencing.
According to the sources, there was a long drawn-out dispute regarding the ownership right of a market in Ara between the deceased and Khurshid.