the Bombay High Court commuted the death penalty...
the Bombay High Court commuted the death penalty...
the Bombay High Court commuted the death penalty awarded to two persons for murdering and kidnapping a minor boy in 2004 and sentenced them to 30 years in jail.
The duo - Nihaal Raees Shaikh (33) and Rafiq Mohammed Sayyed (31) - were awarded death penalty by a Thane sessions court for kidnapping a three-and-a-half year old boy Nitesh Wadhwa from Vashi in Navi Mumbai on Apil 26, 2004.
A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode observed that the maximum punishment of death is not attracted in this case. It also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of the convicts.
The duo - Nihaal Raees Shaikh (33) and Rafiq Mohammed Sayyed (31) - were awarded death penalty by a Thane sessions court for kidnapping a three-and-a-half year old boy Nitesh Wadhwa from Vashi in Navi Mumbai on Apil 26, 2004.
A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode observed that the maximum punishment of death is not attracted in this case. It also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of the convicts.
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- (Sources: www.business-standard.com, 07/05/2013)