Mangaluru: A court has sentenced four men to seven years in prison each and imposed a fine of Rs 88,000 on them for attempting to murder a studio owner at Farangipete in Bantwal taluk in Oct 2020.According to the prosecution, the incident occurred on the evening of Oct 28, 2020, when Dinesh, the studio owner, was inside his studio. The four accused allegedly arrived at the premises due to previous enmity and attacked him with machetes, attempting to murder him.Bantwal Rural police registered a case under Sections 307, 324, 326, 504 and 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).Prasanna MS, the then sub-inspector of Bantwal Rural police station, investigated the case, arrested the accused, Mohammed Saifuddin, Mohammed Arshad, Abdul Rahiman alias Munni and Mohammed Savad, and filed a chargesheet against them.II additional district and sessions judge Jagadeesh VN pronounced the verdict on Wednesday. Public prosecutor Jyothi Nayak represented the state.
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