Woman, son, and astrologer sentenced to life for murder
The Hindu
Hotelier Bhaskar Shetty was killed in 2016 in his Udupi house
The Udupi Principal District and Sessions Court on Tuesday convicted three, including hotelier K. Bhaskar Shetty’s wife Rajeshwari Shetty (51) and their son Navaneeth Shetty (22), of the murder of the hotelier in 2016 and sentenced them to life. Principal District and Sessions Judge J.N. Subramanya passed the conviction order in the morning and pronounced the sentence in the afternoon. The accused, including astrologer Niranjan Bhat (26), were convicted of the crime and sentenced under Sections 302 (murder) and 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They were also sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment for the offence under Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the IPC. All the sentences will run concurrently. The judge acquitted Raghavendra, car driver of Bhat family, of the charge of destruction of evidence.
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