Judge Ok M Rajashekhar of the twenty eighth metropolis civil and periods courtroom in his order on Monday mentioned, “Invoking the provisions Section 235-2 of CrPC, the accused is on conviction of offence punishable U.S 302 IPC, he is sentenced to undergo a rigorous period of imprisonment for life till his last breath and to pay a fine of Rs 2,00,000. In default to pay the fine, he shall undergo RI for 2 years. Invoking the provision of Section 357 of CrPC, the Accused is sentenced to pay compensation of Rs 15,00,000 to Kondamma the mother of the deceased.”

Johnson, a bartender from Vibhutipura, had a number of legal instances pending in opposition to him and was identified to focus on younger {couples} across the Vibhutipura lake, robbing them at knifepoint. On June 10, 2017, Johnson tried to grab a series from a girl and fled the scene on his motorbike after she screamed. The sufferer, Sai Charan, a BE pupil at a neighborhood school, heard the girl scream and started chasing Johnson on his motorbike for almost one kilometre on an remoted street, earlier than confronting him.

In an effort to flee, Johnson stabbed Sai Charan twice with a knife he was carrying and fled the scene, leaving the sufferer in a pool of blood. Friends of the sufferer discovered him unconscious and took him to the hospital, the place he later died.

M Narayana, the then DCP (Whitefield), had fashioned a particular crew led by then-HAL inspector Sadiq Pasha to crack the case. During the investigation, police had been capable of establish Johnson via CCTV footage on Kaggadasapura fundamental street.

Johnson later accused the police of implicating him within the case and in addition filed a grievance with the State Human Rights Commission.

Despite Johnson getting bail after one of many witnesses turned hostile, the police and public prosecutor offered proof to the courtroom and efficiently argued for the utmost attainable punishment.