Two get life term for murder

Sessions Judge D U Mulla sentenced both the accused to undergo life term and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000.

The prosecution examined 22 witnesses including the girl.

It was the girl’s testimony which helped the court to nail both the accused. The girl,in her testimony,said that Maurya had threatened to kill Chaurasiya and her brother if she did not agree to marry him.

According to the prosecution,on June 12,2007,the police received a phone call from an anonymous person who claimed to have seen a dead body in the slums of Deonar. When the police reached the spot,they found a body. It was that of the victim. In course of investigations,the police found two eye-witnesses who identified the accused.