Summary:
The life terms will run concurrently.The court of V V Patil ordered the life terms under two sections of the Indian Penal Code and under three sections of the MCOCA. They were handed a one-year sentence under section 201 (disappearance of evidence) and fined Rs 1,000 each. Mugdia said that during the course of the trial, the prosecution cross-examined 63 witnesses of whom 11 turned hostile.The accused were convicted for life under sections 302 (murder) and 364 (kidnapping for murder) of the IPC and fined Rs 5,000 each. His brother, Haleem, lodged a complaint with the Begumpura police.Investigations led to Mehendi’s arrest on March 10. A fine of Rs 15.11 lakh was slapped on each of the eight convicts.Qureshi, a two-time corporator, was kidnapped by the gang in the early hours of March 5, 2012..