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| SC upholds death penalty to 2 sisters in Anjanabai Gavit case | | |
New Delhi, Aug 31 The Supreme Court today upheld the death
sentence awarded to two sisters, who had been convicted of murdering
five children out of the dozen they had kidnapped and forced into
petty
A bench, comprising Justices K G Balakrishnan and G P Mathur,
dismissed appeals by sisters -- Renuka Kiran Shinde (31) and
Seema Mohan Gavit (29) against the judgement of the Bombay
High Court in September 2004 confirming the death sentence awarded
by the Kolhapur sessions court in 2001.
The bench also vacated the stay granted against the execution of
both the convicts during the pendency of their appeals. |
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