Kerala Man Who Killed Neighbour, His Mother In 2025 Gets Death Sentence
A Kerala court has sentenced a 61-year-old man to death for the 2025 double murder of his neighbors, classifying the crime as 'rarest of rare.' The convict had a prior history of violence, having been previously convicted for the murder of the victim's wife.
Why it matters
The verdict underscores the judicial system's approach to repeat offenders and the application of capital punishment in extreme cases.
A court in Kerala on Monday sentenced a 61-year-old man to death in the sensational 2025 Nenmara double murder case.Palakkad Additional Sessions Judge Kenneth George sentenced Chenthamara to death and imposed a fine of Rs 20 lakh for murdering his neighbour, Sudhakaran and his mother, Lakshmi, at Pothundi near Nenmara on January 27, 2025.The court convicted Chenthamara under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for murder and Section 126(2) for wrongful restraint.Holding that the case fell under the "rarest of rare" category, the court observed that the convict had murdered multiple members of the same family.Chenthamara had earlier been arrested for the 2019 murder of Sudhakaran's wife, Sajitha, whom he allegedly blamed for his marital problems.After being released on bail in January 2025 in the case, he murdered Sudhakaran and Lakshmi.Police arrested him shortly after the double murder, following a massive manhunt.In the Sajitha murder case, a court had…
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