Chhattisgarh court hands death penalty to three, life term to one person in 2024 murder case
A Fast Track Court in Chhattisgarh has sentenced three men to death and one to life imprisonment for the 2024 murder of a policeman's wife and daughter. The verdict was delivered by the District and Additional Sessions Judge in Surajpur.
Why it matters
This case highlights the judicial response to violent crime in India and the application of capital punishment in specific criminal justice contexts.
A Fast Track Court (FTC) in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district on Thursday (October 8, 2026) handed the death penalty to three men and life imprisonment to another accused for killing the wife of a policeman and his 11-year-old daughter in 2024, a government counsel said.
District and Additional Sessions Judge (FTC) Anand Prakash Wariyal convicted all four accused in the case and handed the death penalty to three of them — Kuldeep Sahu (32), Chandrakant Chaudhary (28) and Phool Singh, alias Rinku (28) — government counsel Suresh Sharma said.
Another accused, Aryan Vishwakarma, alias Goldy (20), was sentenced to life imprisonment, he said.
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