Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Oct 21: The third additional district and sessions court, after holding the two accused guilty of charges levelled against them, sentenced them to imprisonment for a period of seven years each apart from imposing a fine of Rs 5,000 each on both.

Hafiiz alias Muhammed Hafiz, and Anees alias Hanif were convicted in the case.

Out of the four accused in the case, Abdul Rahiman alias Putta was murdered later. The other accused, Muhammed Fazal, was a juvenile delinquent at that time and hence charge sheet was filed in juvenile justice court in his case.

The murder attempt had happened on December 30, 2012 near Kannur when Ijaz was speaking on his cellphone. Fazal, Hafiz and Anees had hit him with a sabre and had lifted a boulder to crush Ijaz. As Imran, brother of Ijaz, who reached the spot at that moment raised an alarm, the accused had run away.

Imran later filed a complaint in the rural police station here, alleging that murder attempt on Ijaz had been made because of enmity arising out of a quarrel that had broken out between Abdul Rahiman and Ijaz. The then police sub-inspector of rural station, Muniswamy Neelakantan, had arrested the accused, held investigation, and filed charge sheet.

Judge of the court, S H Pushpanjali Devi, who conducted the trial, delivered judgment. Public prosecutor, Narayana Serigar had represented the prosecution.