Monday, September 17, 2007

Court asks minor to clean hospital toilets in Haryana

A court has directed a minor to clean toilets of a civil hospital, after he was convicted in a murder case.

Chief Judicial Magistrate R P Goel sent a minor boy Praveen to two years in a juvenile home and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh, after convicting him for murder.

The court, located in Murthal near Sonepat in Haryana, ordered him to clean toilets of a civil hospital during the term of his punishment.

In default of payment of fine, Praveen would have to undergo a further imprisonment of six months, the Court said.

According to the prosecution, Praveen shot dead one Mahabir, brother of a girl whom the convict had tried to eve-tease.

The incident happenned last year when Mahabir had gone to an examination centre along with his sister on that day to drop her.

Later, on the complaint of the father of the deceased, the police had arrested Praveen.

The Magistrate also observed that the amount of fine recovered from the accused be given to the parents of the deceased.

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