Rajkot: The Gondal additional periods courtroom on Thursday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment and acquitted 11 different in connection with a 2003 murder case. Ramji Marakana alias Ramlo and Haresh Chothani have been awarded life sentence for murder of Vikramsinh Rana on the night time of May 13, 2003. Slain BJP leader Vinu Shingala used to be the key conspirator of the crime.
The murder used to be the result of a land dispute. Rana used to cultivate a plot of land which belonged to Gunadeetsinh Jadeja of Gondal royal family. Rana had moved the courtroom against Jadeja, challenging the ownership of the land, on grounds that as he used to do farming there, the land will have to belong to him as in keeping with the the law of possession under Agriculture Tenancy Act.
Meanwhile, Jadeja bought the plot to Lalji Savalia who bought it to Vinu Shingala. When Shingala sought to incorporate his title into the possession paperwork within the revenue information, Rana sent an software to the place of job, raising objection to the access of Shingala’s title, citing the continuing case between him and Jadeja. Following this, Shingala’s title used to be now not entered into the report.
Nursing a grudge against Rana, Shingala sent his males after him. On the fateful night time of May 13, 2003, when Rana used to be driving his relative Rajeshri Jadeja in his automotive to her aunt’s house in Gondal SRP camp, Marakana, Chothani and their 14 accomplices intercepted Rana’s automotive on Kotada Sangani Road in Gondal, dragged Rana out of the auto and attacked him with swords, scythes and iron pipes. While Rana used to be killed on the spot, Rajeshri used to be injured within the attack. Rajeshri became the complainant within the case.
Police arrested all 16 accused including Shingala, Marakana and Chothani. While the case used to be being heard within the Gondal additional periods courtroom, Shingala used to be murdered on March 19, 2004, Lalji Sidhpara and Kanji Vekaria died herbal deaths. While Sidhpara died remaining 12 months, Vekaria had died 10 years ago. After the DNA test of Rana’s blood found on the garments of the accused who had discarded them in a farm and Rajeshri’s deposition because the eyewitness, the courtroom found Marakana and Chothani to blame and sentenced them to life in prison.
However, the courtroom acquitted the 11 accused within the case for want of evidence.
The murder used to be the result of a land dispute. Rana used to cultivate a plot of land which belonged to Gunadeetsinh Jadeja of Gondal royal family. Rana had moved the courtroom against Jadeja, challenging the ownership of the land, on grounds that as he used to do farming there, the land will have to belong to him as in keeping with the the law of possession under Agriculture Tenancy Act.
Meanwhile, Jadeja bought the plot to Lalji Savalia who bought it to Vinu Shingala. When Shingala sought to incorporate his title into the possession paperwork within the revenue information, Rana sent an software to the place of job, raising objection to the access of Shingala’s title, citing the continuing case between him and Jadeja. Following this, Shingala’s title used to be now not entered into the report.
Nursing a grudge against Rana, Shingala sent his males after him. On the fateful night time of May 13, 2003, when Rana used to be driving his relative Rajeshri Jadeja in his automotive to her aunt’s house in Gondal SRP camp, Marakana, Chothani and their 14 accomplices intercepted Rana’s automotive on Kotada Sangani Road in Gondal, dragged Rana out of the auto and attacked him with swords, scythes and iron pipes. While Rana used to be killed on the spot, Rajeshri used to be injured within the attack. Rajeshri became the complainant within the case.
Police arrested all 16 accused including Shingala, Marakana and Chothani. While the case used to be being heard within the Gondal additional periods courtroom, Shingala used to be murdered on March 19, 2004, Lalji Sidhpara and Kanji Vekaria died herbal deaths. While Sidhpara died remaining 12 months, Vekaria had died 10 years ago. After the DNA test of Rana’s blood found on the garments of the accused who had discarded them in a farm and Rajeshri’s deposition because the eyewitness, the courtroom found Marakana and Chothani to blame and sentenced them to life in prison.
However, the courtroom acquitted the 11 accused within the case for want of evidence.
Two get life imprisonment, 11 acquitted in 2003 murder case
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