India, Sept. 19 -- The district sessions court sentenced a 28-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment on Thursday for stabbing his friend to death in October 2023 after luring him to the city from Nepal solely with the motive of murder for revenge over an old enmity, police said.

The court of sessions judge Vani Gopal Sharma also imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh on the convict Sumit Dahit, originally from Dharmapur village, about seven kilometres away from Khairpur, after pronouncing him guilty under Section 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code.

The deceased was Vinod Chaudhary, 23, originally from Khairpur village of Kailali district of Nepal. The incident took place at the duo's rented accommodation in Anjana Colony, Sector 10A on the nigh...