Hyderabad: A city court on Tuesday convicted Uppu Venkatadri and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life for murdering an engineering student Ranjith Reddy over drinking water. In February 2011, an argument broke between Raj Kiran, and Hanumanthu and Prasad over drinking water at Green Park Colony. Prasad told about the incident to Ranjith Reddy, who along with his friends came to the spot and enquired with Venkatadri regarding the issue.

A furious Venkatadri quarrelled with them and attacked them with a sharp edged weapon and stabbed Ranjith on his back. Ranjith who received a deep injury succumbed to treatment. During the trial, the XIII Additional District Judge examined witnesses and pronounced the judgement on Tuesday.