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The Additional District and Sessions Court-IV present has postponed the verdict successful the Sajitha execution lawsuit until Saturday. Judge Kenneth George convicted Chenthamara for the execution connected Tuesday and postponed sentencing to Thursday. However, the verdict was further deferred to Saturday.
Besides the Sajitha execution case, Chenthamara is accused successful the high-profile treble execution of a parent and lad astatine Pothundy successful January this year.
Chenthamara attended Thursday’s proceedings proceedings done videoconferencing from Viyyur Central Jail. When the prosecution sought superior punishment for Chenthamara, the defence lawyer argued that the verdict connected the 2019 Sajitha execution should not beryllium influenced by the treble execution that took spot successful 2025.
Chenthamara’s counsel argued that helium had ne'er been progressive adjacent successful a petty lawsuit earlier the Sajitha execution case.
Chenthamara gained notoriety aft he, portion connected bail, killed Sajitha’s widower Sudhakaran and his parent Lakshmi connected January 27, 2025. He murdered Sajitha successful 2019 and the mother-son brace successful 2025, suspecting their engagement successful his wife’s desertion.
Although the constabulary had submitted the chargesheet of the Sajitha execution lawsuit successful 2020, the proceedings began successful August 2025. Several persons, including his estranged wife, her member and friends, testified against Chenthamara successful the Sajitha execution case.
