Two men sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering friend over dispute

RAMANAGARA: Two men were sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000 each by the Second Additional District and Sessions Court here for murdering a friend at Kottagalu village in Harohalli taluk in 2018.

The convicted are Chikke Gowda and Kumar. The duo had murdered Annaiahappa allegedly as he had misbehaved with Chikke Gowda’s wife, and had fled.

The Kanakapura Rural police, who investigated the case, arrested the accused and had filed a chargesheet. After examining evidence and hearing the arguments, the judge H N Kumar pronounced the verdit.