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7 years after conviction, Bombay High Court spares man from death penalty in rape-murder case
India🏛️ PoliticsCenter17 hr. ago

7 years after conviction, Bombay High Court spares man from death penalty in rape-murder case

Seven years after being convicted of raping and murdering a 24-year-old physiotherapist in 2016, Debashish Nandlal Dhara's death penalty was overturned by the Bombay High Court. The Sessions Court had previously sentenced him to death for the 'rarest of rare' crime, citing extreme mental perversion. The high court acquitted Dhara, stating that the prosecution's case relied solely on circumstantial evidence and lacked conclusive proof. Dhara was released from Yerawada jail in Pune following the court's decision. The victim's father plans to challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court.

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7 years after conviction, Bombay High Court spares man from death penalty in rape-murder case

Seven years after being convicted of raping and murdering a 24-year-old physiotherapist in 2016, Debashish Nandlal Dhara's death penalty was overturned by the Bombay High Court. The Sessions Court had previously sentenced him to death for the 'rarest of rare' crime, citing extreme mental perversion. The high court acquitted Dhara, stating that the prosecution's case relied solely on circumstantial evidence and lacked conclusive proof. Dhara was released from Yerawada jail in Pune following the court's decision. The victim's father plans to challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court.

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