The special court for trial of cases under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Cuddalore on Monday convicted and sentenced four members of a family to double life imprisonment for the murder of a 28-year-old woman belonging to the Adi-dravidar community.
Special Court Judge S. Uthamaraj sentenced A. Saravanan, 36; V. Venkatesan, 71; A. Selvi, 61; and V. Shakunthala, 47 ; to double life imprisonment. The court had found them guilty under Sections 302 (murder), 120 (b) criminal conspiracy and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code.