Welding inspector gets 20 years' jail for killing man during gang fight


Deepanraj being escorted out of the Johor Baru High Court

JOHOR BARU: A welding inspector was sentenced to 20 years' jail by a High Court here Tuesday after he was found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

S. Deepanraj, 25, was initially charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murdering A. Kavimathan, 27, around 1am in front of the emergency ward building at Hospital Sultanah Aminah here on August 22, 2010.

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