CHANDIGARH, July 14 -- A Chandigarh sessions court has sentenced a 35-year-old man, Ajay, to life imprisonment for murdering his younger brother and injuring his mother and another brother in a knife attack at their residence in Daddu Majra Colony in November 2023. Additional sessions judge Amit Kumar Grover held that the prosecution successfully proved its case beyond reasonable doubt through consistent eyewitness testimony, medical reports, and scientific findings.

According to the prosecution, the incident occurred on the night of November 1, 2023. The complainant, Meenakshi, wife of the injured brother Anil, stated that Ajay, who was under the influence of intoxicants, quarreled with his mother and left the house. He returned shortly...