<p class="title">The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday acquitted five members of the notorious Dandupalya gang on the grounds that there was no evidence to prove the alleged offences.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The gang members namely Krishna, Timma, Venkataramana, Dodda Hanuma and Munikrishna; were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a lower court for the murder of Vedamurthy (19) in 1999.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Murthy was a first-year computer science student and a resident of HRBR Layout in Banaswadi police limits. The student was suffering from fever and was home alone. His parents C Anand and Mangala were at work. They returned to find their son dead, his throat slit, cash and jewellery missing.</p>
<p class="title">The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday acquitted five members of the notorious Dandupalya gang on the grounds that there was no evidence to prove the alleged offences.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The gang members namely Krishna, Timma, Venkataramana, Dodda Hanuma and Munikrishna; were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a lower court for the murder of Vedamurthy (19) in 1999.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Murthy was a first-year computer science student and a resident of HRBR Layout in Banaswadi police limits. The student was suffering from fever and was home alone. His parents C Anand and Mangala were at work. They returned to find their son dead, his throat slit, cash and jewellery missing.</p>