Death sentence commuted to life in Priyadarshini Mattoo case
The judgement was given by a bench of Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad who advocated his conviction who was then a law student. Santosh has spent close to a decade behind bars and is currently lodged in Jail Number 2 of Tihar Jail.
FORTEEN YEARS have went by, but as per Chaman Lal Mattoo, father of deceased Priyadarshini Mattoo, justice is not delivered albeit the Supreme Court on Wednesday pronounced its verdict. The judgement by the apex court commuted death sentence verdict for her killer to life sentence. The bereaved family and friends are still crying for justice. However, the accused Santosh Kumar Singh says that he is 'relieved'. The judgement was given by a bench of Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad who advocated his conviction who was then a law student. Santosh has spent close to a decade behind bars and is currently lodged in Jail Number 2 of Tihar Jail with 1,000 other inmates. Meanwhile, down south in Bangalore, a cab driver was convicted for the murder and rape of a Hewlett-Packard BPO employee, Pratibha Murthy five years ago. The court will pronounce its verdict on October 8. Special public prosecutor VK Patil sought death sentence for the accused who was identified as Shiva Kumar. The prosecutor added that the crime was heinous, atrocious and punishment awarded should be deterrent to society. It should be death sentence. The mother of the victim could not control her tears when the verdict was out and she demanded that the accused who raped and murdered her daughter should be given death sentence.
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