8 get life in jail for murder of engg student in Bhavnagar

Rajkot: A sessions court in Bhavnagar on Thursday sentenced eight persons to rigorous imprisonment for life for killing a 20-year-old civil engineering student in the city in January 2019.
As per the details of the case, the victim Sujansinh Parmar and his friend Bhagirath Hadiyal were attacked with swords, knife and iron pipe near Bhagwati Circle in Bhavnagar on the night of January 19, 2019.While Parmar died, Hadiyal survived with severe injuries.
Two of the convicts — Jaideep Sinh Jadeja and Jaideep Sinh Sarvaiya — had developed a rift with Parmar around three months before the murder.
On New Years’ Eve in 2018 too, Parmar had an encounter with Jadeja and Sarvaiya during which they had an argument. After being threatened, Parmar had lodged a complaint with the police.
As Parmar had approached police, the accused duo was angry. They decided to bump him off and devised a plan along with other convicts. The group attacked Parmar and Hadiyal when they were hanging out near Bhagwati Circle.
Later in Hadiyal’s complaint, along with Jadeja and Sarvaiya, names of other attackers — Jaideep Parmar, Konark Solanki, Harvijaysinh Chudasama, Harsh Dodiya, Mohit Makwana and Indrajitsinh Gohil — were revealed. Police had arrested them for murder, attempt to murder, rioting and criminal conspiracy.
During the trial, the evidence submitted by district government pleader Vipul Devmurari and the depositions of witnesses and material witnesses were upheld by the court of principal district judge R T Vachhani.
The court also fined all convicts of Rs 10,000 each.