Man gets life term for killing couple, robbing articles

A man, who had robbed and murdered an aged couple in a posh south Delhi area, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court which said he had hatched a well-planned conspiracy with the victims' juvenile domestic help to commit the crime.
The court awarded the jail term to 26-year-old Ghanshyam after convicting him for the offences of murder, causing hurt and attempt to cause death while committing robbery, criminal conspiracy and receiving stolen property under the IPC.
"As mentioned above, convict has been found guilty of committing robbery and double murder at Niti Bagh here in conspiracy with the juvenile in conflict with law i.E. 'X'.

"It was established during trial that a well thought out conspiracy was hatched by convict with juvenile in conflict with law to commit murder," Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav said.
The court said Ghanshyam, a Bihar native, would serve two consecutive life terms for the double murder and thereafter he would undergo 10 years jail for causing hurt while committing robbery and one year jail for receiving stolen property.
62-year-old Ashok Goel and his 55-year-old wife Lata Goel were found murdered in their Niti Bagh house on May 26, 2008 while the place was ransacked, the police said.

It said Rs 1.25 lakh cash, gold and silver jewellery and mobile phone were some of the articles stolen by the accused.

According to the prosecution, the incident came to light when the couple's daughter kept on calling them and nobody picked up the phone and police was informed.
When the police reached there, they broke open the locks and found that the couple was dead.
The couple's minor servant, employed few days before the incident, became a suspect as he was not found in the house.
During investigation, Ghanshyam's role cropped up and he told the police that he along with the juvenile and one Birju, who is absconding, were involved in the crime.