Habitual killer gets lifer for murder

Hyderabad: A Sessions Court in Medchal–Malkajgiri district has sentenced Magani Ramulu (40) to life imprisonment for the murder of a woman whose decomposed body was found at ORR Plantation, Upparpally, in the year 2019. According to police, the accused murdered Pallapu Lavanya @ Manjula (35) by smashing her head with a boulder after she resisted sexual assault and later stole her mobile phone. The case, initially registered as an unnatural death, was later altered to murder following investigation by Shamirpet Police. The accused, a habitual offender, had earlier been convicted in a murder case in 2009 and was released from prison in November 2018. He was arrested in February 2021 and convicted under Sections 302 and 379 IPC. The judgment was pronounced by II Additional District and Sessions Judge G. Bhanumathi.