Punishment in Muthoot case to be decided today

committed the first robbery in 2015.

In 2017 the police filed a charge sheet in the first case and produced 19 witnesses in court. The principal district and sessions court convicted Lakshman, Ganesh, Murugan, and Kumar Pal under Sections 120 -B, 395 and 411 r/w 34 of the IPC. However, it acquitted them of charges under sections 201, 414 r/w 109 IPC and section 25 (B) (a) of the Arms Act on September 14.

The court adjourned the judgement on the quantum of punishment to September 18 (Tuesday), and the accused were ordered to be in judicial remand till then.

RC Puram inspector P. Ramchandra Rao said, “The court convicted four persons involved in the robbery in 2015 at Muthoot Finance in RC Puram. The quantum of the punishment will be heard on Tuesday.” A 27-year-old man murdered his wife at their residence in Jubilee Hills, following a heated argument regarding a property which was registered in her name, police investigations have revealed.

After taking `1.5 lakh, 20 tola gold and a flat worth `50 lakh, which was initially in his wife’s name, Siraj picked a fight with his wife and in-laws to change the registration of the flat in his name. Later, in a fit of rage, he killed her brutally, the Jubilee Hills police said.

According to the police, Siraj, who works as a welder in Sanath Nagar, married Haseena, 19, from Sri Krishna Nagar oneand-a-half-year back.

“On August 18, Siraj beat up his wife and sent her away from the house. Haseena went to her father, Aslam Khan’s place along with her four-month-old baby boy. Aslam Khan convinced Siraj to take his daughter back. In the early hours of Sunday, while the family was asleep, Siraj slit his wife’s throat, following which Haseena died,” police inspector of Jubilee Hills, P. Chandra Shekar said. The accused was traced with the help of mobile signals and held.