A sessions court in Medchal-Malkajgiri district sentenced a Magani Ramulu (40) to life imprisonment for the murder of a woman whose decomposed body was found at the ORR Plantation in Upparpally in 2019.
According to the police, the accused had murdered Pallapu Lavanya alias Manjula (35) by smashing her head with a boulder after she resisted a sexual assault. He later stole her mobile phone.
The case, initially registered as an unnatural death, was later altered to murder following a detailed investigation by the 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 again in February 2021 and subsequently convicted under Sections 302 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code.
The judgement was pronounced by II Additional District and Sessions Judge G Bhanumathi.