By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,March 24: A division bench comprising Justice V. Eswaraiah and Justice V. Suri Appa Rao of the AP High Court has sentenced 12 accused to life imprisonment in the murder case of a Congress leader Mudi Parandhamireddy, from Nellore district. Parandhamireddy was killed by his opponents with sickles when he was settling a land dispute in a field in Mettu village of the district on March 25, 1992.
The police registered a case against Putchalaplpalli Naresh Reddy and 19 others who belong to Telugu Desam. However, the accused pleaded not guilty by contending that they never committed the offence and as on the date of offence they were not present in the village. As there was a big hue and cry about the killing, the government also ordered a CID probe to ascertain the facts on whether they were present in the village on the date of offence. The CID also said that it was not desirable for the government to consider deleting their names and recommended for continuation of trial in the case by the sessions court. However, the trial court acquitted the case.
The state government preferred an appeal. Mr Vinod Kumar Deshpande, public prosecutor, contended that there was specific over torts against the accused No. 1 to 12 for committing the crime and also the case cannot be acquitted on mere ground of lapses in the investigation. The bench found the accused guilty and awarded life imprisonment to all and six months imprisonment to K. Nagur Reddy, K. Dayakar Reddy and P. Srinivasulu Reddy in addition to the life for offence committed under Section 324 of the IPC.
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