New Delhi: A man who killed his friend fearing that he would inform the police about a motorcycle theft committed by him has been awarded life term by a Delhi court.
Additional Sessions Judge A K Arya also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on Rajesh after holding him guilty for murder under Section 302 and for possessing stolen property under Section 411 of the IPC.
"The prosecution has been able to prove charges against the accused with an evidence of conclusive nature. The evidence is totally inconsistent with the innocence of the accused and is only pointing towards his guilt.
"All the connected links in the case are satisfactorily proved by the prosecution. The prosecution has proved the accused had committed murder of Deepak by inflicting injuries to him with knife on May 31,2004 beyond any reasonable doubt," the court said.
Rajesh was arrested on June one following a complaint lodged with the police against him alleging that he had stabbed Deepak to death on May 31,2004.
The victim had allegedly threatened the accused to expose him for lifting a Yamaha motorcycle from their colony in Narela in north-west Delhi.
The prosecution produced as many as 24 witnesses including Rajesh, a relative of the victim, who had seen the accused stabbing him following a verbal duel
"The testimony of Rajesh finds complete corroboration from medical evidence. Further he had no animosity to implicate the accused," the court said, convicting Rajesh, 26,for murder.
It also took note of the fact that the stolen motorcycle -- for which a separate case was lodged -- was also recovered at the instance of the convict.
