Quark City techie’s murder case

Mohali, June 4
The Mohali district court today sentenced Parmaveer Singh, one of the three accused in the murder case of Quark City engineer Sukhwinder Singh, to six months imprisonment.
However, Additional District and Sessions Judge RS Rai adjourned the pronouncement of quantum of sentence for the main accused Neki Nalwa, wife of the deceased, and her paramour Himmat Singh, alias Brandy, to June 6.
Sukhwinder was shot dead from a point blank range by Brandy on December 4, 2005, in connivance with Neki. Paramveer had provided five cartridges to Brandy, who had an unlicensed revolver.
The court had held the trio guilty on June 2.
Earlier, in the jam-packed courtroom, the judge sentenced Parmaveer to six months imprisonment and a fine of Rs 500. The court said in case Parmaveer Singh failed to pay the fine, he would have to undergo 10 more days of imprisonment.
Paramveer was granted conditional bail for the period of 30 days to enable him to get further bail from the high court. Meanwhile, the accused furnished a bail bond of Rs 25,000 and a surety immediately.
Capital punishment sought for Neki, Brandy  
Chandigarh, June 4
During the course of final arguments on quantum of sentence for Sukhwinder Singh’s murder convicts — Neki Nalwa, wife of the deceased, and her paramour Himmat Singh, alias Brandy, public prosecutor Vijay Singla today demanded capital punishment for the duo, terming the crime as ‘rarest of rare’ in nature.
“Murder of a person by his/her spouse is the highest breach of trust. One of the accused, Brandy, who had shot Sukhwinder Singh, had no enmity or friendship with the victim. Even then, he murdered him in connivance with the victim’s wife,” argued Singla.
However, defence lawyer AS Sukhija demanded the court to take a lenient view considering the young age of the accused. He said they had no criminal background.

The Case

Sukhwinder Singh was shot dead by Brandy on December 4, 2005, when he was strolling along with his wife Neki near their residence at Sector 69 here. Brandy had used unlicensed revolver in the crime.
On December 7, the police had arrested Neki Nalwa and Brandy on the charges of murder of Sukhwinder Singh. Since then Neki and Brandy have been lodged in Patiala Central Jail, as all bail applications by both of them had been turned down by the court.
According to the police, Neki had an affair with Brandy and wanted to get rid of Sukhwinder Singh. The couple had also filed a divorce application in the court in February 2005. On the fateful night, Neki and Sukhwinder went for a walk after dinner. Neki had called up Brandy, who was having drinks at a club in Chandigarh and told him about the route. Brandy, who reached the spot by a car, parked it nearby and shot the victim from point-blank range.
The couple has a 10-year-old son, Fateh Tej Partap Singh, who has been living with his grandparents. This was the second marriage of Neki. Her first marriage had reportedly lasted only 12 days.

 TIMELINE

December 4, 2005: Sukhwinder Singh, an engineer with Quark City, was shot dead by Brandy while he was strolling with his wife Neki Nalwa near their residence in Sector 69, Mohali
December 7, 2005: The police arrested Neki and her lover Brandy on the charge of murdering her husband. Since then both have been lodged at Patiala Central Jail. Another person, Paramveer Singh, was also arrested for providing five cartridges to Brandy in the case.
June 2, 2012: The local court held all three accused guilty in the case.