NASHIK
: District and sessions judge
M V Bhatiya
on Friday sentenced a 39-year-old man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of killing a 40-year-old woman in March 2019.
The convict has been identified as
Ravindra Bhamre
— a resident of Krushna Nagar in Panchavati. He was accused of setting
Rekha More ablaze.
In her statement given to the police, Rekha had said that
Bhamre
and her husband Balu More were friends and the accused had been staying with the couple for the past 13 years.
On March 31, 2019, Rekha had an argument with Bhamre following which, she had asked the latter to get out of the house and rent a room. This had left Bhamre infuriated following which he doused Rekha in kerosene and set her on fire.
Based on Rekha’s statement, the police had initially registered an offence of attempt to murder against Bhamre and after her death, he was charged with murder. The case was investigated by assistant police inspector
M S Shinde
of the Panchavati police station.
The investigating officer gathered strong evidences against the accused during the course of investigation and filed a chargesheet against him in the district court.
On the basis of complaint filed against Bhamre, the statements given by the witnesses in the court and circumstantial evidences produced before the court by the investigating officer, the court found the accused guilty of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Apart from the imprisonment the judge also slapped the convict with a fine of Rs 25,000.
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