Kerala court awards death sentence to 15 PFI/SDPI members in BJP leader murder case
It is for the first time in Kerala that so many people have been sentenced to death in a single case.
It is for the first time in Kerala that so many people have been sentenced to death in a single case.
Srinivasan, an OBC wing leader of the BJP, was brutally killed in front of his mother, wife and daughter in Alappuzha district in December 2021.
Bangladeshi native Hilaluddin and Nafikul Biswas, a resident of West Bengal, were declared guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Rajesh Kumar Rai on December 22.
“We have noted the verdict today of the Court of Appeal of Qatar in the Dahra Global case, in which the sentences have been reduced,” the MEA said in a statement.
Reacting to their death sentence, the external affairs ministry had earlier expressed its "deep shock" and said that it was exploring all the legal options to challenge the Qatar court verdict.
A special court in Islamabad on December 17 last year handed down the death penalty to the 74-year-old retired general.
The court also observed that if taking into consideration the reformation of the convicts after conviction is accepted, then no death penalty can be carried out.
The case is of 2016 when accused Rahul, an auto-rickshaw driver, raped a girl on finding her alone.
AP Singh, convicts' counsel, said that a lot of legal remedies, including the curative petition, are available with the convicts and only after these remedies are exhausted can the execution take place.
Amit Shah's statement is in contrary to reports circulated last month that the Centre has commuted the death sentence of ex-Punjab CM Beant Singh killer, Balwant Singh Rajoana, to life term.
