Ahmedabad Crime Branch constable murder case accused gets life term

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad city Sessions court has declared Manish Balai as convict of murder of a constable of Ahmedabad Crime Branch and punished him with life imprisonment along with penalty of Rs 25 thousand.

Manish Shravankumar Balai is declared as convict of the murder of Police Constable Chandrakant Makwana from Ahmedabad Crime Branch in the year 2016. Under Section 404, a punishment of 3 months and a fine of Rs 2 thousand is also declared by the court. The verdict of the court in this case was pending from 6 years. The convict will undergo these punishments altogether.

On behalf of the government, special public prosecutor Amit M Patel had argued that the case should be declared as case of special circumstances and demanded life imprisonment of the killer. Total 65 witnesses were presented from the side of government.

Police Constable Chandrakant Makwana was murdered within the city crime branch headquarters at Gaekwad Hvaeli by a narcotic suspect Manish Balai in 2016. Later, he was nabbed by the police at Karjan railway station near Vadodara when he was trying to flee to Jaipur.