The court of Additional District Judge-VII Dhanbad N K Sinha held Sonu Kumar Verma guilty under IPC sections 342, 436 and 302 and also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on him.
On the night of December 7, 2010, Verma locked the servants' quarter of the PHED guest house near Dhanbad Circuit House where his three sister-in-laws Usha Devi, Tina Devi and Rina Kumar were sleeping. He then poured petrol inside the room through the windows and set it on fire, killing the three women alive. Charred remains of the trio were recovered next morning.
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