The convicts are Venkatesh M, B Vijay alias Kari Vijay, R Vinod Kumar, Gerald Arokiya Raj, R Kiran alias Dikky, I Vikram, James Kumar and S Vijay alias Kotanguchhi, all residents of Viveknagar, central Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A local court held eight men guilty of hacking a 32-year-old man to death after he objected to some of them smoking in public, and sentenced them to life imprisonment. They attacked Harish, who was standing with three friends. Hearing the commotion, his mother and wife came out and witnessed the murder.
Public prosecutor Mahalingappa Uttura said the speciality of the case was five witnesses identifying the eight accused during identification parade without making any mistake. Such flawless identification and their statements before the court helped in securing the conviction,” Mahalingappa said. “The parade was done thrice at Central Prison in the presence of a tahsildar. Each time, the accused were made to stand in a different line and in different orders. However, the five witnesses — the victim’s mother, wife and three friends — identified the accused correctly.