Ludhiana, Aug. 26 -- Five years after the sensational Jarnail Singh murder case in Jhordan village, the district and sessions court has sentenced convict Gurvinder Singh to life imprisonment. Additional sessions judge Gurpreet Kaur awarded him life imprisonment under Section 302 of the IPC as well as under the Arms Act, besides imposing a fine of Rs.15,000 on each count. In default of payment, he will undergo an additional one year of rigorous imprisonment.

According to the prosecution, Gurvinder Singh of Jhordan village had entered into a land deal with Jarnail Singh of the same village but despite taking full payment, he neither executed the registry nor returned the money. Several panchayat meetings were held, but the matter remained ...