Three get 5-year jail for stabbing man 11 times

March 04, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:42 am IST - New Delhi:

Three men, who were held guilty of trying to kill a person by stabbing him 11 times, have been sentenced to five years rigorous jail term by a Delhi court which said adequate punishment needs to be inflicted, else wrong signal will be sent in society.

Additional Sessions Judge Dig Vinay Singh handed down the jail term to convicts - Satish, Sonu and Sanjay - for the offences of attempt to murder with common intention punishable under sections 307 and 34 of the IPC.

“In the present case, as many as 11 injuries were inflicted upon the injured with knives.

The three convicts are sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for five years and a fine of Rs. 25,000 each,” the judge said. — PTI

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