Ghaziyabad: Special CBI Judge Shyam Lal awards life imprisonment to the Talwar couple for murdering their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. The duo has been awarded life imprisonment under Section 302, five-year term under Section 201; Rajesh Talwar got one-year jail under Section 203. According to the CBI Counsel, the court has also imposed a fine of Rs 17,000 on Rajesh Talwar and Rs 15,000 fine on Nupur. Special CBI Judge Shyam Lal, who earlier reserved the verdict in the double murder case for 3:30 pm, will now pronounce the judgement at 4:30 pm.
The distraught couple was immediately taken back to the Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad district after the CBI court sentenced them to life imprisonment on charges of killing their daughter and domestic help in 2008. Arguments on sentencing conclude. The CBI seeks death penalty for Talwar couple. Public prosecutor RK Saini said the case comes under the “rarest of rare” category. Counsel for the Talwars, meanwhile, sought leniency from the court. Court to pronounce judgement at 3:30 pm.
Arguments on the quantum of sentence in the Aarushi Talwar case begin. Nupur and Rajesh Talwar reach Ghaziabad court. Sentence expected shortly. Nupur Talwar’s mother, Lata Chitnis, tells a news channel that her husband’s health has gotten worse n the wake of the verdict holding her daughter and Rajesh Talwar guilty of Aarushi-Hemraj’s murder. Chitnis further accused the CBI of hiding facts and spoiling the case. Why the CBI gave a clean chit to the servants, asks Nupur Talwar’s mother. My husband fought for country and he expects a fair judgement, adds Chitnis.. According to reports, the court will pronounce quantum of sentence on Rajesh and Nupur Talwar after 2 pm today.
A day after holding them guilty of Aarushi-Hemraj’s murder, a special CBI court will, Tuesday, likely pronounce the sentence to be handed over to the parents – Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. The maximum punishment is death. Saying the Talwars were “freaks” who “became the killer of their own progeny”, the court on Monday finally brought the curtains down on over five years of dramatic twists and turns in the sensational Aarushi Talwar whodunit, a crime that had the nation riveted for its intriguing logic.
The couple – who were well known doctors with a thriving practice – was also convicted for the murder of their domestic help Hemraj. The dentist couple has been convicted of killing their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and 45-year-old domestic help on the intervening night of May 15 and 16, 2008. The Class 9 student was found with her throat slit and head battered in her plush Noida residence. The next day, police recovered the body of their domestic help Hemraj from the terrace. The Talwars were booked under Sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. The court also charged Rajesh under Section 203 (misleading the probe). The couple was whisked away by police to Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad.
Bureau Report
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