The Court termed it a brutal crime, but declined to impose the death penalty on the convict. Among other factors, the Court noted that he was now 63 years old, and that it had been 13 years since the ...
A Special CBI Court in Bengaluru had sentenced Kulkarni and 15 others to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of conspiring to murder BJP leader Yogesh Gowda.
An FIR has since been registered after judge Tabassum Khan was targeted with death threats, communal abuse, misinformation campaigns and effigy burning following the verdict.
The Court lamented that despite the wife pleading with her parents to save her from dowry-related torture, attempts were made to patch up the marriage and send her back to her matrimonial home.
The court noted that the appellant is already living in a state of "stark isolation" and "living exile," having been completely abandoned by his family and community.
The Court relied on circumstantial evidence, including the accused’s presence at the scene, blood-stained items and his failure to explain how the injuries occurred.