Four Sentenced to Seven Years in Jail for Attempted Murder in Farangipete
Mangaluru: The Second Additional District and Sessions Court in Mangaluru has sentenced four men to seven years in prison and imposed a total fine of Rs 88,000 in a case involving an attempt to murder a studio owner with a machete in Farangipete, Bantwal.
The incident occurred on the evening of October 28, 2020, in Farangipete, within the jurisdiction of the Bantwal Rural Police Station. According to the case, the four accused allegedly attacked studio owner Dinesh with a machete while he was at his studio, reportedly due to previous enmity.
A case was registered at the Bantwal Rural Police Station under Crime No. 103/2020 under Sections 307, 324, 326, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Prasanna M.S., the then Sub-Inspector of the Bantwal Rural Police Station, investigated the case, arrested the accused — Mohammed Saifuddin, Mohammed Arshad, Abdul Rahiman alias Munni, and Mohammed Savad — and filed a charge sheet before the court.
After hearing the case, the Judge of the Second Additional District and Sessions Court, Mangaluru, pronounced the verdict on October 28, 2026, sentencing all four accused to seven years in prison and imposing a total fine of Rs 88,000.
Public Prosecutor J. N. represented the State during the trial.