Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. India
  4. SC stays death penalty in Coimbatore double murder case

SC stays death penalty in Coimbatore double murder case

A bench headed by Justice R. F. Nariman stayed the execution of convict Manoharan till October 16, the next date of hearing.

IANS Reported by: IANS New Delhi Published on: September 17, 2019 17:10 IST
SC stays death penalty in Coimbatore double murder case
Image Source : FILE

SC stays death penalty in Coimbatore double murder case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of a man convicted in a rape and double murder case in Coimbatore nine years ago.

A bench headed by Justice R. F. Nariman stayed the execution of convict Manoharan till October 16, the next date of hearing.

Manoharan was scheduled to be executed on September 20.

The bench said that it is granting one last opportunity to convict to argue his review petition.

On August 1, the Supreme Court had upheld the death penalty of Manoharan and said that the offence fell under the "rarest of rare" category.

On October 29, 2010, Manoharan and co-accused Mohanakrishnan had picked up the girl and her seven-year-old brother from outside a temple when they were preparing to go to school in Coimbatore.

They had brutally gang raped the girl and tried to kill the minors sibling by poisoning.

After they did not die, they threw the minors to a canal where they drowned.

Mohanakrishnan was later shot dead in an encounter.

ALSO READ | Missing 6-yr-old found dead with throat slit in UP

ALSO READ | Thousands march on streets as shocking details of women being raped and molested in Coimbatore’s Pollachi fills social mediadeath penalty in Coimbatore double murder case

Advertisement

Read all the Breaking News Live on indiatvnews.com and Get Latest English News & Updates from India

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement