MANOJ SINHA
Ramgarh, March 17: The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge First Shesh Nath Singh on Thursday has awarded the death sentence to a dismissed RPF jawan in the case with a triple murder case. This is the first death sentence in the history of Jharkhand’s Ramgarh Civil Court. The court has awarded death sentence to the dismissed RPF jawan in the case of shooting and killing of three people of the same family and injuring two people.
On March 13, the court convicted the accused Pawan Kumar Singh under sections 302, 307 of the IPC and the Arms Act. The court gave Pawan a death sentence under section 302 of the IPC, ten years in jail under section 307 and an additional year for failing to pay a payment of 10,000 rupees, as well as seven years in prison under the Weapons Act and a 10,000 rupee fine. After being sentenced by the court, police personnel took him to Ramgarh sub jail under tight security.
On August 17, 2019, in Barkakana, Ramgarh, at around eight o’clock in the night, the accused jawan, reached the house of Ashok Ram, at that time Pawan, working in Barkakana RPF, to collect milk. He shot five members of a family indiscriminately using his service pistol. Three people died instantly, while two others suffered significant injuries. One of the three victims, Varsha Devi, aka Meena Devi, was expecting a child.
Suman is still undergoing treatment and is under the supervision of doctors. A bullet is still lodged in his spine.
After committing the crime, he fled away from the scene of the incident. He was later arrested by the police on 22 March 2020 from Karath village in the Arrah district of Bihar.
On behalf of the prosecution in the court, in-charge prosecutor RB Rai had recorded the statements of 16 witnesses before the court and demanded severe punishment from the court. Sanjay Ram and his younger sister Suman Kumari, who were injured in the incident, along with DSP Sanjeev Kumar Besra, the investigating officer of the case, and the doctor who conducted the post-mortem and was treating the injured girl, had recorded their statement in the court.
