India, Dec. 19 -- A sessions court in Ahmedabad on Friday convicted four men for the murder of a 50-year-old man who was beaten to death with baseball bats in the city's Khadia area in June 2022.

Additional sessions judge BB Jadav held that the four accused formed an unlawful assembly on June 8, 2022, and assaulted Rakeshbhai Sureshbhai Mehta in Hjirani Pol, Khadia, using baseball bats. Mehta collapsed on the spot and was taken to SVP Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

The four -- Montu alias Namdar Sureshchandra Gandhi, Vishva alias Vishu Jigneshbhai Rami, Jayraj Vasudevbhai Desai and Sunil Babubhai Bajaniya -- have been convicted for murder, destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy.

According to the prosecution, the de...