New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) A special court here has given life sentence to a Delhi College of Engineering alumnus Sashank Jadon and his accomplice - former cab driver Manoj Kumar - for killing a TCS software engineer Ankit Chauhan in Noida in 2015, officials said.

The court said that Jadon was a young, qualified engineer, but the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances in this case. It cited the young age of the victim, who was newly married when he was murdered, and the suffering of his family.

The court also slapped a fine of Rs 70,000 and Rs 50,000 on Jadon and Kumar, respectively, they said.

The duo were held guilty by the Special Court on September 20 for killing Chauhan, who was chased and shot dead on April 13, 2015, at Sector 76 of Noida when Jadon was tryin

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