Archive · 2 Feb 2026
Gauhati High Court upholds life sentence for son who killed mother over Rs 30
A man named Sankar Narayan Nandi was sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother.
He wanted Rs 30 to buy alcohol, but his mother said no.
In a fit of anger, he used a sharp tool to hurt her badly.
The court said even though he didn't plan the murder beforehand, he definitely meant to kill her.
The judges decided that his punishment should stay the same because what he did was very wrong.
Sankar Narayan Nandi was sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother over a dispute of Rs 30.
The Gauhati High Court upheld his sentence, stating that although the act was not premeditated, there was clear intent to kill.
Nandi used a bothi dao, a household chopping tool, to attack his mother.
The court concluded that the force used in the attack indicated a sudden intention to kill.
The judgment was delivered by a bench of Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Kaushik Goswami on January 30.
- Who
- Sankar Narayan Nandi, who killed his mother
- What
- The Gauhati High Court upheld Nandi's life sentence for killing his mother
- When
- The judgment was delivered on January 30
- Where
- The case was heard in the Gauhati High Court
- Why
- Nandi killed his mother after she refused to give him Rs 30 to buy liquor
- Defendant
- Sankar Narayan Nandi
- Victim
- Nandi's mother
- Weapon
- Bothi dao (household chopping tool)
- Court
- Gauhati High Court
- Judges
- Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Kaushik Goswami
- Date of Judgment
- January 30
- Amount Disputed
- Rs 30