Kochi: There is no death sentence for the accused in the murder case of RMP leader TP Chandrasekaran. Accused one to eight were sentenced to 20 years in prison. The High Court order upheld the conviction of the trial court. Six accused, including the first accused in the case, Anoop, were also sentenced to double life imprisonment. The High Court also ordered that the sentence should not be commuted before the completion of 20 years.
The trial court sentenced KK Krishnan and Jyoti Babu to life imprisonment. The order said that Rs 7.50 lakh should be paid to KK Rama and Rs 5 lakh to his son Abhinand. Accused one to seven in the case are MC Anoop, Manoj Kumar (Kirmani Manoj), NK Sunil Kumar (Kodi Suni), TK Rajish, MK Muhammad Shafi, S Sijith (Annan Sijith), K Shinoj, eighth accused KC Ramachandran, 11th accused in the conspiracy. Manoj (Trouser Manoj), the 18th accused PV Rafeeq (Banana Padachi Rafeeq, KK Krishnan and Jyoti Babu) were sentenced by the High Court.
A division bench of the High Court passed the judgment on KK Rama’s plea to increase the punishment of the accused. Earlier, the trial court sentenced 11 accused to life imprisonment and one to 3 years rigorous imprisonment. The High Court was approached against this. The report of the jail superintendent of the prisons where the accused have served their sentence, the report given by the medical college doctor regarding the mental health of the accused and the report on the social character of the accused have been handed over to the court. After the defendant informed the court that he had not received a copy of the reports, the case was adjourned to tuesday for the defendant to examine the report and sentence.
