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Son gets lifer for killing mom

Accused of killing his mother in 2012, a 35-year-old man from Karmale-Keri was on Monday sentenced for life by the additional district and session court at Ponda.


Judge Irshad Aga pronounced the life sentence to Suryakant Gaude.

He was convicted for killing his 75-year-old mother, Sita on March 13, 2012. He was charge sheeted on May 5, 2012. Suryakant was convicted for murder last Wednesday.

Public prosecutor Adv Satyvan Raut Desai appeared for this case.

Gaude had an quarrel with his mother and later killed her. He had stoned his mother, who had sustained multiple injuries on head, chest and other parts of the body. She succumbed to injuries.

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Court drops charges of bid to murder in Velim case

The accused in the infamous Velim Church attack case got a huge relief on Monday after Judicial Magistrate First Class, Margao Ram Prabhudesai dropped the two sections of attempt to murder and causing grievous hurt to the injured policemen and rejected the plea of the prosecution to commit the case to the court of Sessions for trial.

THE GOAN NETWORK / MARGAO
Published Nov 15, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SIGH OF RELIEF FOR ACCUSED* Plea of the prosecution to commit the case to the court of Sessions for trial rejected* The case will now be tried in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class* Case posted to January 6, 2017 for hearing of arguments before framing of charges * Former Velim Church Priest Fr Romano Gonsalves, Episcopal Vicar Fr Lucio Dias among 22…

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