Basant had initially lied that Sarita was his sister. The patrolling party did not know the identity of the couple. Basant along with Sarita had escaped in a police vehicle.īasant and Sarita were spotted by Inspector Sucha Singh and constable Jitender who were patrolling outside the Sector 17 bus stand at 2.15 am on June 8. Inspector Sucha Singh,who was stabbed 12 times by Basant,died at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,Chandigarh,on June 8. On the run after murdering the husband and mother-in-law of his paramour two days after her marriage,dismissed Chandigarh Police constable Basant had murdered Inspector Sucha Singh and injured a Chandigarh Police constable on June 8. Basant was also convicted under Section 25 of the Arms Act for which he got three years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 3,000. They were also convicted under Section 397 (robbery or dacoity,with an attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) for which they were awarded seven years of imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 7,000,Section 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) of the IPC for which they got two years of imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 2,000. After listening to the arguments put forward by both defence counsel and prosecution,the court held,Though the convicts have taken the life of a sober and meritorious police officer,keeping in view the entire facts,circumstances,age and antecedents of the accused,this court does not feel that this case falls under the grave of gravest or rare of the rarest case and therefore both the accused are sentenced to life imprisonment.īasant and Sarita were sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the IPC and a penalty of Rs 20,000 was imposed on them.
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