Panchkula, Aug. 14 -- The court of additional sessions judge Bikramjit Aroura has awarded life imprisonment to a 31-year-old Bathinda man for murder of his former neighbour, in Panchkula in 2019. The convict, Sandeep, alias Sipu, from Rampura Phool, Bathinda, killed 38-year-old Gagandeep Singh Bedi, a resident of Sector-27, with a sickle near Tau Devi Lal Stadium in August 2019. The two had been neighbours in Bathinda some years prior.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 under Section 302 (murder) and Rs.10,000 under Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offense) of the Indian Penal Code. Police said that the accused had a grudge against the victim on some issue and had planned his murder.

According to the prosecution...