Keonjhar, March 6: The Additional District & Sessions Judge, Keonjhar on Wednesday awarded death sentence to five accused persons on the charges of a brutal murder.
Following the conviction of the accused in the sensational murder case committed in 2019, the ADJ awarded the landmark verdict today.
The case record reveals one Ramchandra Behera was brutally killed by miscreants at Dhakotha village under the Ghasipura block limit in Odisha’s Keonjhar district.
In the final hearing scheduled, the Court awarded death sentences to Sanjay Prusty, Ajit Prusty, Arun Prusty, Alekh Prusty and Dola Boitei based on the deposition of as many as 53 witnesses and circumstantial evidence.
Another accused Pramod Das who is a minor, is remanded under judicial custody of Keonjhar Juvenile Justice Board.
Worth mentioning, on March 25, 2019, the five accused persons called Ramchandra from his home and then brutally murdered him by chopping off his lower and upper limbs into pieces.
