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DB upholds life-imprisonment of step-father for murdering step-son
State Times
|July 15, 2025
A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar upheld the life-imprisonment awarded by Trial Court in the year 2009 to Hassan Bhat who murdered Ghulam Mohd Dar over land dispute.
The case set up by the prosecution is based on the incident dated 23rd November, 2001 when, Ghulam Ahmed Dar lodged a written report with Police Station, Budgam, alleging thereinthat appellant Hassan Bhat has attacked Ghulam Mohd Dar, son of Abdul Rehman Dar, resident of Soznipora (hereinafter referred to as “deceased”) who was on way to offer morning prayers at a nearby Mosque after having Sehri, being the month of fasting, wherein deceased had been inflicted axe blows twice from its sharp side, first overhead and another on face resulting in deceased dying on spot. The complainant further alleged that appellant after committing the act had escaped along with axe towards village Cheka Sheera.
This story is from the July 15, 2025 edition of State Times.
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