Srinagar, Sept. 30 -- The Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Ganderbal, on Wednesday convicted a man of murder, theft and causing disappearance of evidence in the 2018 killing of one Mohammad Yousuf Khanday, while acquitting him of the charge of abduction for want of proof of force or deceitful inducement.
The court, presided over by Additional Sessions Judge Fozia Paul, held that the prosecution had established a complete chain of circumstantial evidence proving the accused Mohammad Shafi Magray of guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
The accused was convicted under Sections 302, 379 and 201 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).
The court, however, acquitted him under Section 364 RPC.
The case arose from FIR No. 33/2018 registered at Police Stati...