Man gets life term for killing father, stepmother
A 23-year-old man, Dola Lakshmana Rao, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his father and stepmother in Vizianagaram district. The court rejected the defense of alleged childhood abuse as a justification for the crime.
Why it matters
The case underscores the judicial system's stance on domestic violence and the rejection of vigilante justice in response to family grievances.
District and Sessions Judge M. Babitha has sentenced 23-year-old Dola Lakshmana Rao to life imprisonment for the murder of his father and stepmother at Bondapalli village in Vizianagaram district in 2024.
According to a press release issued by Superintendent of Police A. R. Damodar, the court also imposed a fine of ₹2,000 on the convict.
The prosecution said Lakshmana Rao had nurtured a grudge against his father and stepmother, alleging that they had subjected him to ill-treatment since childhood and forced him to leave the family home in the SC Colony of Bondapalli. His father had remarried after the death of his first wife. Driven by resentment over the alleged abuse, Lakshmana Rao murdered the couple with a sharp-edged weapon.
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