India, Feb. 14 -- A court in Ghaziabad on Friday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for causing death of his 20-year-old co-worker by pumping high-pressure air from an iron pipe into his body at an electronic factory in Sahibabad Site 4 industrial area in April 2021.

The incident took place around 11pm on April 14, 2021. Following a complaint by the victim's mother, an FIR was registered against the accused, Pramod Kumar, at Link Road police station the next day.

The victim succumbed to injuries during treatment at a hospital in Vasundhara on April 26, 2021.

The court, headed by additional sessions judge Arvind Mishra, also slapped a penalty of Rs.1 lakh against the accused.

The trial was conducted under ...