Two persons have been awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court for murdering a street vendor by hitting him with a gas cylinder after he asked them to pay for a plate of momos.
Additional Sessions Judge Paramjit Singh awarded the jail term to Najafgarh residents Dharmendra and Jitender for the offence of murder and attempt to murder.
"The present case does not fall under the category of rarest of rare cases. In these circumstances and having regard to the fact and circumstances of the present case, I hereby sentence convicts Dharmendra and Jitender to undergo imprisonment for life," the judge said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on each of the two convicts.
The two men were held guilty for murdering momos vendor Monu and attempting to kill his relative Ravi who tried to save the victim.
According to the prosecution, the incident took place on January 8, 2012, when Ravi and his nephew Monu were selling momos in Najafgarh area in south west Delhi in the evening.
A man came there and ordered momos and when Monu asked for the payment, he threw the plate on the victim's face and threatened him, it said.
After sometime, the man along with some of his associates returned to the eatery with sticks and they started beating the two vendors with sticks and gas cylinder. They both fell down and became unconscious.
While Ravi was discharged from the hospital after some days, Monu died due to the injuries.
During the trial, the accused claimed innocence and said they were falsely implicated in the case.
