Kottayam: The Principal Sessions Court on tuesday announced double life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 40,000 for all 10 convicts in the Kevin murder case. Both life terms can be served together. Court has termed Kevin's murder case as rarest among rare.
The convicts were not awarded death sentence considering their age and the court also observed that none of the convicts had a criminal background.
Prime witness Aneesh will be given Rs 1 lakh and the rest of the fine will be divided and given to Kevin's wife Neenu and his father Joseph.
On August 22, Kottayam Principal Sessions Court had termed Kevin murder case as an honour killing and all main accused including Neenu's brother Shanu Chacko were found guilty. However, four including Neenu's father Chacko were acquitted.
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