Court awards double life term for 10 in Kevin murder case
All convicted for abduction and murder of Dalit Christian youth from Kottayam
28/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER,KOTTAYAM
All convicted for abduction and murder of Dalit Christian youth from Kottayam
28/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER,KOTTAYAM
Syanu Chacko, the prime accused in Kevin murder case, being escorted to the principal sessions court in Kottayam.
The principal sessions court here on Tuesday awarded a double life term and imposed a fine of ₹40,000 each on all 10 persons convicted of abducting and murdering Kevin P. Joseph, a 23-year-old Dalit Christian from Kottayam. Judge C. Jayachandran sentenced the accused to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹25,000 each for offences under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC. He awarded another life term and a fine of ₹15,000 each under IPC 364 A (abduction). The accused have been sent to the Thiruvananthapuram Central Prison to serve the sentence.
The court also awarded an additional term of five years along with a fine of ₹5,000 each to Niyas, Riyas, Manu, Tittu, Fazil, and Shanu under IPC Section 449 (house trespass). They were also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and asked to pay a fine of ₹5,000 each under IPC Section 427 (causing damage), besides six months’ imprisonment under Section 342 (wrongful confinement). The court also sentenced the 10 accused to undergo RI for three years under Section 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation).
Nishad and Shanu, who were found guilty under Section 323, were awarded six months rigorous imprisonment plus a fine of ₹5,000 each. Shifin, the seventh accused found guilty under IPC Section 201 for causing disappearance of evidence, was handed an additional term of three years plus a fine of ₹5,000.
The court ordered that of the fine amount, ₹1 lakh be given to Aneesh Sebastian, the prime witness in the case, who was abducted along with Kevin, as compensation for the loss and injuries sustained and the rest of the amount should be divided equally between Kevin’s wife Neenu Chacko and his father Joseph alias Rajan.
The court accepted the prosecution's argument that racial prejudice was the motive for the youth's murder, making it the first ever case of honour killing to be reported in the State.
The principal sessions court here on Tuesday awarded a double life term and imposed a fine of ₹40,000 each on all 10 persons convicted of abducting and murdering Kevin P. Joseph, a 23-year-old Dalit Christian from Kottayam. Judge C. Jayachandran sentenced the accused to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹25,000 each for offences under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC. He awarded another life term and a fine of ₹15,000 each under IPC 364 A (abduction). The accused have been sent to the Thiruvananthapuram Central Prison to serve the sentence.
The court also awarded an additional term of five years along with a fine of ₹5,000 each to Niyas, Riyas, Manu, Tittu, Fazil, and Shanu under IPC Section 449 (house trespass). They were also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and asked to pay a fine of ₹5,000 each under IPC Section 427 (causing damage), besides six months’ imprisonment under Section 342 (wrongful confinement). The court also sentenced the 10 accused to undergo RI for three years under Section 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation).
Nishad and Shanu, who were found guilty under Section 323, were awarded six months rigorous imprisonment plus a fine of ₹5,000 each. Shifin, the seventh accused found guilty under IPC Section 201 for causing disappearance of evidence, was handed an additional term of three years plus a fine of ₹5,000.
The court ordered that of the fine amount, ₹1 lakh be given to Aneesh Sebastian, the prime witness in the case, who was abducted along with Kevin, as compensation for the loss and injuries sustained and the rest of the amount should be divided equally between Kevin’s wife Neenu Chacko and his father Joseph alias Rajan.
The court accepted the prosecution's argument that racial prejudice was the motive for the youth's murder, making it the first ever case of honour killing to be reported in the State.
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