The Dindoshi Sessions court sentenced a 24-year-old BMM student yesterday for murdering his male friend, who allegedly wanted to have a physical relationship with him, in December 2012. Alexander D’Souza was a final year student of BMM when he murdered Ryan Gomes.

Judge J M Garde sentenced D’Souza to seven years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 304 (2) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of IPC along with a fine of Rs 10,000. Public Prosecutor Ashok Joshi examined 15 witnesses — including the accused’s brother and parents — while the defence examined six witnesses in the case.