THRISSUR: Beedi tycoon Muhammad Nisham was on Wednesday found guilty of murdering Chandrabose, the security staff of Sobha City residential colony near here, by mowing him down with his Hummer car on January 29, 2015.The additional district and sessions judge K P Sudheer held that Nisham has been found guilty of nine charges including murder, levelled by the prosecution.The quantum of punishment to Niham is likely to be pronounced on Thursday, after hearing prosecution and the defense counsels.The prosecution argued that this was heinous murder and Nisham must be given capital punishment considering it as "rarest of rare cases". The special prosecutor C P Udayabhanu said Nisham had become a threat to society considering that he had been serial offender before and had committed this cruel murder without any sense of guilt.The prosecutor argued that Nisham had committed the cruel act of chasing an unarmed man with a car and knocking him down with his car. The victim was later dragged into the car and mercilessly assaulted again at car porch. The victim could get a medical help only after the police reached the scene. The prosecutor said such a heinous crime was unheard in the recent history of the country.The prosecutor had also demanded that Chandrabose’s family should be given a compensation of Rs 5 crore, by Nisham.The defense counsel, however, said this was not premeditated murder and not a 'rarest of rare case’ like the Parliament attack case. The defense counsel also appealed to the court to take a lenient view considering that Nisham is the bread-winner of a joint family.The trial judge pronounced the order after more than eight month long trial.Prosecution alleged that Nisham had come in an inebriated condition to the Sobha City on January 29 last and had started abusing the security staff alleging delay in opening the gates.Chandrabose who had gone to the scene to settle the issue was also targeted by Nisham, prosecution alleged. Nisham chased Chandrabose who tried to take shelter in the security staff’s cabin. Nisham broke open the glass window and entered the cabin and attacked him again, the prosecution argued.Chandrabose tried to run away from the staff cabin when Nisham stepped into his Hummer car. However Nisham again chased Chadrabose in his car and mowed him down. Nisham succumbed to his injuries on February 16, after 19 days of treatment at ICU of Amala Hospital.Defense counsel however had contested this and argued that Chandrabose had attacked Nisham and when the latter tried to escape the former jumped in front of his car. Defense counsel said Chandrabose had actually attacked Nisham and former had jumped in front of the latter’s car when he was trying to escape.The defense counsel had also argued that Nisham was undergoing treatment for bi-polar disorder.The police had to face embarrassing situations during the investigation of the case following charges that they were trying to help the accused.The former city commissioner Jacob Job was suspended following allegations that he had a secret meeting with Nisham during investigation. Another four policemen were suspended later for permitting Nisham to have lunch with his family members in a posh hotel when he was being brought to the court for trial.