Delhi's Tis Hazari court awarded death penalty to a rape and murder convict on Friday and handed life imprisonment to his father, who was also involved with him in the crime.
The court of Additional Sessions Judge Atul Saxena found Sarita Mewada guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 302. Judge Saxena awarded life imprisonment to the convict and imposed the fine under the said Section.
The incident occurred on February 24 when Sherin and another inmate, Shabna, allegedly attacked KM Julie, a foreign national, as she went to fetch drinking water.
The court said that the circumstantial evidence is complete and consistent with the only conclusion that accused persons in furtherance of their common intention committed gruesome murder of the deceased victim.
Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay filed the PIL in 2016, seeking that politicians who are convicted criminals be permanently disqualified from contesting elections.
Earlier in the day, a Delhi court sentenced Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment in connection with the killing of a father-son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. This followed his conviction on February 12 for their murders.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi government to clarify its stance on remitting the sentence of Sukhdev Pehelwan, a life convict in the Nitish Katara murder case.
A jury in western New York convicted Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old from New Jersey, of attempted murder for the stabbing of Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie, The New York Times reported.
The Rouse Avenue court has convicted former Madhya Pradesh MLA Kishore Samrite for allegedly threatening to blow up Parliament with dynamite. However, he has been acquitted of the offence under the Explosive Act.
A two-judge bench, comprising Acting Chief Justice Sarfaraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Asif, on Thursday approved the bail of the detainees. The court asked them to submit an affidavit at their respective police stations, vowing to not engage in similar actions in the future.