Mohali, Oct. 30 -- Over four years after a man bludgeoned his friend to death with a stone during a drunken brawl in Kharar in March 2021, a local court has sentenced him to life imprisonment.

The court of additional district and sessions judge-1, Hardip Singh, also imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 on Sita Gul Sheikh, a native of Murshidabad, West Bengal, who was held guilty under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

As per case files, police had recovered a man's body at a labour shed near Captain Chowk, Kharar, on March 18, 2021.

The deceased was later identified as Abu Tayeb Sheikh, a scrap dealer living in Khanpur, Kharar, who was missing since the previous night.

According to police records, Abu Tayeb's wife Firdoshi B...