Three get life term for killing own lawyer

According to the prosecution,Parashar was engaged by the three main accused to defend them in various criminal cases. However,they failed to pay their fees regularly. When the lawyer insisted on getting his due,they came up with a plan to murder him with the help of Sunil.

Police said the four fixed a rendezvous,where Parashar was told to come and collect his fees. When Parashar arrived,they forced him into a Wagon-R car and strangled him. They also shot him to ensure his death. Subsequently,Sunil was dispatched to burn the car,so as to destroy evidence.

While awarding the sentence,ASK Bhatt took a strong view on the brutal murder and said that the convicts had “killed their own saviour”.

“The convicts… have killed the lawyer,who had been defending them in various criminal cases. They killed him in the most brutal and diabolical manner. They have killed an unsuspecting and helpless person. They have killed their own saviour. The death was cruel and inhuman,” the judge said in his order.

But the case does not merit capital punishment as the convicts had already spent several years in prison,and were in their youth when the offence was committed,the judge said.

“I do not feel that the convicts cannot be reformed or rehabilitated. The long incarceration in jail,in this case,would definitely mould the convicts and transform them into law-abiding citizens. Death penalty is not warranted in this case. The convicts deserve to be given a chance to show that they can shun the path of violence,” the judge said.