A court here sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a murder case, and said that in India, there was the tendency to involve family members in such cases.
Additional Sessions Judge Narinder Kumar sentenced Vikas alias Lala to life imprisonment for stabbing to death 45-year old Rakesh Gupta with a knife.
The court, however, acquitted Vikas's mother Krishna Devi, his brothers Naresh alias Tatu and Rajesh, observing that the prosecution failed to establish their involvement.
"In India, there is a tendency to involve other members of the same family for one or the other reason," the court said.
The court slapped a fine of Rs.20,000 on Vikas.
"It stands established on record that Vikas stabbed Rakesh Gupta, aged 45 years, with a knife and caused his death, while he and his son were moving in the street where the house of the convict is situated," the court said.
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He stabbed Rakesh Gupta when he simply asked Vikas to walk carefully, the court said.
A case was registered against Vikas, his mother and brothers in central Delhi's Patel Nagar police station in October 2009 by the deceased's family.
The judgment was delivered Wednesday but was released to the media Thursday.