: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court on Thursday sentenced three persons to undergo life imprisonment for the murder of five persons in Amberpet. The panel of Justice K. Lakshman and Justice Sreedevi allowed a state appeal against the acquittal.
The 1st additional metropolitan sessions judge, Hyderabad, had in February 2012 acquitted all the accused. It was a case that Syed Jehangir and eight others had committed the murder of the wife of accused no.1 Syed Jehangir, her parents and two brothers.
Jehangir and his brother Syed Kareem are both auto-rickshaw mechanics while the other accused is a private bus driver. Earlier the panel had required the three persons to be present in court, to hear them on the quantum of punishment. In tears, they sought mercy stating that they (accused brothers) had small children dependent on them.
The panel, speaking through Justice Lakshman, granted four weeks to the accused to surrender before the trial court. The marriage between the accused and his wife was solemnised in 2008 but soon disputes arose and multiple cases, including dowry prohibition and maintenance, were filed. According to the prosecution, the family members of accused no.
1, including women with deadly weapons, went to the house of the deceased at 6.15 am, attacked them and committed the ghastly act. In an 82-page verdict, the panel, speaking through Justice Lakshman, found that there was clear evidence that the accused came together to the house of the deceased and .
