Two gets life sentence for murder

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, January 2, 2022: Third additional district and sessions judge B B Jakati sentenced two persons accused of murder to life imprisonment, on Saturday. Public prosecutor Narayan Sherigar U said the accused, Gowdappa Gowda Sannagowdra,58, from Bagalkot, and Hullappa Basappa Soodi,30, from Koppal, were convicted of murdering Mariyappa on May 31, 2018. They murdered him over the repayment of a Rs 10,000 loan.

The police found the upper portion of the body in the water under the Chokkabettu bridge on June 2, 2018. Mariyappa’s body was cut into two pieces and there was a cut injury on the neck. Using an axe and a knife, they hacked the body into two and threw the pieces into the stream. The court examined 21 witnesses.

The judge sentenced the accused to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 each, under Section 302 (murder). They have been sentenced to simple imprisonment for two years and to a fine of Rs 2,000 each, for the offence under IPC Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence).