Gaya road rage case: Rocky Yadav gets life term
September 06, 2017  16:01
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Update: A court in Gaya today has sentenced Janata Dal-United MLC Manorama Devi's son Rocky Yadav to life imprisonment for the murder of a class 12 student, Aditya Sachdeva, in a road rage incident last year. Her husband Bindeshwari Prasad gets a five-year term, while two others were also handed out a life term.


Rakesh Kumar Ranjan alias Rocky, his father Bindi Yadav, cousin Teni Yadav and his mother's security guard Rajesh Kumar were guilty under various sections of the IPC.


While Rocky Yadav was found guilty of IPC sections 302 (murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 427 (mischief causing damage) and section 27 of the Arms Act, Bindi Yadav has been held guilty under sections 212 (harbouring the offender) and 177 (furnishing false information). Teni Yadav and Rajesh Kumar have been found guilty under sections applicable in the case of Rocky Yadav.


Rocky Yadav had fatally shot at Aditya Sachdeva, son of a Gaya-based businessman, after the latter's car overtook his luxury SUV on May 7, 2016.


Rocky had fled from the spot after committing the crime and took shelter at his father's factory at Bodh Gaya from where he was arrested 48 hours later. His parents too were arrested and charged under different sections of the law. The police had filed chargesheet against the accused persons a month after the commission of the crime.
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