JAMMU, July 31 -- The Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Udhampur, has sentenced a Ramnagar resident to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for attempting to murder a man by repeatedly attacking him with a sharp-edged weapon, locally known as a Dharat.
Additional Sessions Judge Y.P. Sharma awarded the sentence to Sumit Sharma, son of Mohan Lal, resident of Ward No. 7, Ramnagar, after convicting him under Section 307 of the Ranbir Penal Code and Section 4/25 of the Arms Act. The Court sentenced the convict to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh for the offence of attempt to murder. He was also sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment with a further fine of Rs 1 lakh under the Arms Act.
Both sentences will ru...