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Coimbatore rape-murder case: SC dismisses review plea of death row convict

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Published : Nov 7, 2019, 11:59 AM IST

Updated : Nov 7, 2019, 12:05 PM IST

SC dismissed a plea filed by a death row convict and said there is no ground to review the verdict. The convict was given capital punishment for 'horribly' gangraping a minor girl.

Coimbatore rape-murder case: SC dismisses review plea of death row convict

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed the death penalty of a convict for "horribly" gangraping a 10-year-old girl and killing her along with her brother in Coimbatore in 2010. In a majority judgment of 2:1, a bench headed by Justice R F Nariman dismissed the plea filed by the convict Manoharan and said there are no grounds to review the verdict.

While Justices Nariman and Suryakant dismissed the review plea, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who was also part of the three-judge bench, said he has a different view on the point of the sentence only.

"In view of the majority judgment, the review petition stands dismissed in its entirety," the bench said.

The top court had last month stayed the execution of convict Manoharan and said it would hear arguments on his plea seeking review of its August 1 verdict which had confirmed his death penalty.

The apex court had on August 1 sent Manoharan to gallows for raping the girl along with a co-accused and killing her and her seven-year-old brother by throwing them in a canal with their hands tied.

Terming the offence as 'shocking' and 'cold-blooded', a three-judge bench, by a majority of 2:1, had upheld the verdicts of the trial court and the Madras High Court to award death penalty to the convict, saying the offence fell under the 'rarest of rare' category.

Manoharan and co-accused Mohanakrishnan, who was later shot dead in an encounter, had picked up the minor girl and her younger brother from outside a temple on October 29, 2010, when they were going to school.

They had tied the hands of both minor siblings and brutally gang-raped the girl before trying to kill them by poisoning. As they did not die of poisoning, the two men tied their hands and threw them into the Parambikulam-Azhiyar Project canal where they drowned.

In its August 1 verdict, Justices Nariman, Khanna and Surya Kant were on the same page in upholding the conviction of Manoharan for offences of kidnapping, gang rape and murder. However, Justice Khanna was of the view that instead of the death penalty, the jail term for the remainder of life without any benefit of remission would meet the ends of justice.

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed the death penalty of a convict for "horribly" gangraping a 10-year-old girl and killing her along with her brother in Coimbatore in 2010. In a majority judgment of 2:1, a bench headed by Justice R F Nariman dismissed the plea filed by the convict Manoharan and said there are no grounds to review the verdict.

While Justices Nariman and Suryakant dismissed the review plea, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who was also part of the three-judge bench, said he has a different view on the point of the sentence only.

"In view of the majority judgment, the review petition stands dismissed in its entirety," the bench said.

The top court had last month stayed the execution of convict Manoharan and said it would hear arguments on his plea seeking review of its August 1 verdict which had confirmed his death penalty.

The apex court had on August 1 sent Manoharan to gallows for raping the girl along with a co-accused and killing her and her seven-year-old brother by throwing them in a canal with their hands tied.

Terming the offence as 'shocking' and 'cold-blooded', a three-judge bench, by a majority of 2:1, had upheld the verdicts of the trial court and the Madras High Court to award death penalty to the convict, saying the offence fell under the 'rarest of rare' category.

Manoharan and co-accused Mohanakrishnan, who was later shot dead in an encounter, had picked up the minor girl and her younger brother from outside a temple on October 29, 2010, when they were going to school.

They had tied the hands of both minor siblings and brutally gang-raped the girl before trying to kill them by poisoning. As they did not die of poisoning, the two men tied their hands and threw them into the Parambikulam-Azhiyar Project canal where they drowned.

In its August 1 verdict, Justices Nariman, Khanna and Surya Kant were on the same page in upholding the conviction of Manoharan for offences of kidnapping, gang rape and murder. However, Justice Khanna was of the view that instead of the death penalty, the jail term for the remainder of life without any benefit of remission would meet the ends of justice.

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Coimbatore rape-murder case: SC dismisses review plea of death row convict
         New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by a death row convict seeking review of its verdict affirming capital punishment imposed on him for "horribly" gangraping a minor girl and later killing her along with her brother in Coimbatore in 2010.
          In a majority judgment of 2:1, a bench headed by Justice R F Nariman, said there are no grounds to review their verdict upholding the death penalty of convict Manoharan.
          While Justices Nariman and Suryakant dismissed the review plea, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who was also part of the three-judge bench, said he has a different view on the point of the sentence only.
          "In view of the majority judgment, the review petition stands dismissed in its entirety," the bench said. PTI ABA LLP LLP
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