3 brothers sentenced to life in murder case

Rajkot, Gujarat, Jun 22 (UNI) A fast track court here has awarded life imprisonment to three brothers, holding them guilty in a murder case.

Valji Magan Dharajia and his brothers Budhai and Parshotam stood accused of murdering Naranbhai Chhaganbhai at Devdhari village in Jasdan Taluka of the district on July 26, 2006.

According to the prosecution case, the three had attacked Naranbhai with an axe and other sharp weapons over a land dispute. Naranbhai had succumbed to injuries.

Fast track court additional sessions judge D K Maisuriya, while pronouncing the sentence yesterday, also slapped a fine of Rs 3,000 on each oif them.

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