Banihal/Jammu, Feb 19: A local court Saturday sentenced a former Special Police Officer (SPO) to life imprisonment for killing his wife and brother-in-law in Ramban district over a decade ago.
Principal Sessions Judge, Ramban, Haq Nawaz Zargar also slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the convict Abdul Gafoor, who caused his appearance through video conference from district jail, Udhampur, where he is currently lodged.
Gafoor had shot dead his wife Rehmata Begum and brother-in-law Farooq Ahmad Malik using his AK-47 rifle in Mitra village of Ramban on May 10, 2011.
He was subsequently arrested on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway while he trying to flee.
In his nine-page order, the Principal Sessions Judge said Gafoor, a resident of Jhora-Thatri village of Doda, was punished for offence under Section 302 (murder) of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) and sentenced to life imprisonment.
“He will also undergo concurrent sentence of life imprisonment for offence under section 7/27 of the I A Act. Both sentences will run concurrently,” the order read.
Of the Rs 1 lakh fine imposed on Gafoor, Rs 50,000 has to be paid as compensation to his children with Rehmata Begum, and the rest forfeited in favour of the State, it said.