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Ludhiana Court Sentences UK Citizen to Life Without Remission for 2022 Double Murder

The judge rejected a death sentence after applying the Supreme Court’s ‘rarest of rare’ test.

Overview

  • Additional Sessions Judge Amandeep Kaur convicted Charanjit Singh, 39, for murdering Sukhdev Singh, 68, and Gurmeet Kaur, 65, inside their BRS Nagar home on May 4, 2022.
  • He received two rigorous life terms without remission under Section 302 of the IPC, ordered to run concurrently, with fines of ₹50,000 on each count.
  • The court also imposed two years’ imprisonment under Section 25 of the Arms Act and a ₹10,000 fine.
  • The court accepted a complete circumstantial chain, including the victims welcoming “Channi” by name, neighbours seeing him scale a wall, and a witness identification.
  • Police said the UK resident arrived from London in January 2022, planned the attack over months citing alleged ill‑treatment of his sister, and was arrested on May 6.