<p class="title">A Mathura court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing a minor boy in the district a decade ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The convict Omveer and his accomplice, also a minor, kidnapped the 14-year-old boy when he was playing outside his home in Barauth village in February 2010 to settle an old rivalry. They subsequently killed the boy and hid his corpse in a mustard field, 3 kms from the village, according to the prosecution.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the two were arrested for kidnapping, murder and causing disappearance of evidence, they disclosed the crime and the body was recovered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Omveer's minor accomplice has sentenced for three years imprisonment by a juvenile court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since the statements of a majority of witnesses corroborated the police investigation, the judge on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Omveer and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000, said Assistant District Government Counsel Udham Singh Chaudhary.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If Omveer fails to pay the fine, he would have to spend another year in prison, the judge ruled, adding that both the sentences would run concurrently. </p>
<p class="title">A Mathura court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing a minor boy in the district a decade ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The convict Omveer and his accomplice, also a minor, kidnapped the 14-year-old boy when he was playing outside his home in Barauth village in February 2010 to settle an old rivalry. They subsequently killed the boy and hid his corpse in a mustard field, 3 kms from the village, according to the prosecution.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the two were arrested for kidnapping, murder and causing disappearance of evidence, they disclosed the crime and the body was recovered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Omveer's minor accomplice has sentenced for three years imprisonment by a juvenile court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since the statements of a majority of witnesses corroborated the police investigation, the judge on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Omveer and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000, said Assistant District Government Counsel Udham Singh Chaudhary.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If Omveer fails to pay the fine, he would have to spend another year in prison, the judge ruled, adding that both the sentences would run concurrently. </p>