India, April 7 -- A sessions court in Gurugram has sentenced two cab drivers to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering a passenger by crushing his head with a boulder following a fare dispute in April 2022, officials said.

Additional district judge Sunil Kumar Dewan convicted Jatin Jadon of Aligarh and Umesh Chand of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code on Saturday and imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 each.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram, said, "They were never granted bail by the court after their arrest on April 21, 2022."

"The deceased was Sunil Kumar, who hailed from Mahendragarh. He had reached Gurugram via train for some personal work on the night...