According to special lawyer Yashpal Singh and ADGC Anjum Khan, a Dalit man, Surendra, was killed over old enmity and his body dumped in the fields at Mukandpur village under Titawi police station in the district on December 25, 2002.
The high court said though it was "undeniable" that it took over three decades to punish the accused in the case, it was important to assure the victims that despite the challenges faced by the court, "truth will prevail and justice will be done".
The Control of Narcotics Substances (CNS) court in Rawalpindi handed life imprisonment to PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi, who was convicted for misusing ephedrine chemical.
Judge Om Prakash had found them guilty on March 16 under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 149 (unlawful assembly), 435 (mischief by fire or explosive substance) and 302 (murder).
The Madurai bench of the court, in its recent order, said there could never be a graver, heinous crime than a man being charged with raping his daughter.
This comes almost two years after the court awarded death penalty to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla for kidnapping and killing IT professional Jigisha Ghosh in Delhi.
The court also slapped Iyasi with a fine of Rs 2 lakh, and ordered him to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family of his deceased wife.
The new law also provides 10 years in jail for transporting cows and a significant hike in penalty from Rs. 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh
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