3 get death for Pune techie's rape & murder
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Vishwas Kothari
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Pune:
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A sessions court on Tuesday
sentenced all three convicts to death for the gang rape and murder of
software engineer Nayana Pujari in October 2009.
Additional sessions
judge Lata Yenkar ruled the case qualified for the “rarest of rare“
doctrine propounded by the Supreme Court for awarding death sentences. “
All the three accused shall be hanged by the neck till they are dead,“
she said in the Pune court. The death sentence is subject to
confirmation by the Bombay high court.
On Monday , the sessions court had held Yogesh Raut, Mahesh Thakur and Vishwas Kadam guilty of six offences, including kidnapping, gang rape, murder and criminal conspiracy . This is the second death sentence handed down by a local court in a rape and murder case.In March 2012, a sessions court had sentenced a cab driver and his friend to death for raping and murdering BPO executive Jyotikumari Chaudhari, 22, in 2007; it was upheld by the Bombay high court in September of the same year and later by the Supreme Court in 2015.
Pujari, 28, who worked with a software company in Kharadi, was kidnapped on the evening of October 7, 2009 from the Kharadi-Mundhwa bypass while she was waiting for transport to return home from office.Two days later, her badly mutilated body was found in the Zarewadi forests in Khed taluka.She had been gang-raped at different locations before being strangled and her body disposed of. The accused pulled out `61,000 cash from her bank account by using her ATM card at three places, and also took her ornaments, worth `72,000.
In September 2011, main accused Raut had escaped from police custody while being taken to hospital for a medical test.He was, however, re-arrested from Shirdi in May 2013.
The judge also sentenced the three men to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for life for the offence of gang-raping the victim. They were also handed seven years' RI each for kidnapping Nayana and robbery with intent to commit murder, and an other two years for misappropriation of the woman's belongings. The judge ordered the release of the fourth accused, Rajesh Chaudhari, who later turned an approver, for having met all the conditions of pardon granted by the court and for cooperating with the investigating agency .
Main accused Raut collapsed in his seat, crying and burying his face in his hands after the judge declared the punishment. Thakur and Kadam stood motionless with their heads bowed. The sentencing was met with thunderous applause in the courtroom and the judge had to ask the police to restore normalcy .
Speaking to TOIlater, Nayana's husband, Abhijit, said, “We were waiting for this very moment to hear this very sentence from the court. We are content with the court's ruling.“ Nayana's two sisters and younger brother were inconsolable after hearing the sentencing.
In her sentencing order, Yenkar ruled, “Considering the facts and circumstances, the inhuman conduct of the accused, the fact that the murder was committed in a brutal, gruesome, diabolical and beastly manner, the innocence and helpless condition of the victim, and the impact of the crime on society and the community at large, I have no hesitation to hold that the case comes within the rarest of rare doctrine. The investigation has been done in a fair and proper manner by investigating officers Deepak Sawant and Vishwanath Ghanwat, who have taken special efforts in doing a credible job.“
On Monday , the sessions court had held Yogesh Raut, Mahesh Thakur and Vishwas Kadam guilty of six offences, including kidnapping, gang rape, murder and criminal conspiracy . This is the second death sentence handed down by a local court in a rape and murder case.In March 2012, a sessions court had sentenced a cab driver and his friend to death for raping and murdering BPO executive Jyotikumari Chaudhari, 22, in 2007; it was upheld by the Bombay high court in September of the same year and later by the Supreme Court in 2015.
Pujari, 28, who worked with a software company in Kharadi, was kidnapped on the evening of October 7, 2009 from the Kharadi-Mundhwa bypass while she was waiting for transport to return home from office.Two days later, her badly mutilated body was found in the Zarewadi forests in Khed taluka.She had been gang-raped at different locations before being strangled and her body disposed of. The accused pulled out `61,000 cash from her bank account by using her ATM card at three places, and also took her ornaments, worth `72,000.
In September 2011, main accused Raut had escaped from police custody while being taken to hospital for a medical test.He was, however, re-arrested from Shirdi in May 2013.
The judge also sentenced the three men to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for life for the offence of gang-raping the victim. They were also handed seven years' RI each for kidnapping Nayana and robbery with intent to commit murder, and an other two years for misappropriation of the woman's belongings. The judge ordered the release of the fourth accused, Rajesh Chaudhari, who later turned an approver, for having met all the conditions of pardon granted by the court and for cooperating with the investigating agency .
Main accused Raut collapsed in his seat, crying and burying his face in his hands after the judge declared the punishment. Thakur and Kadam stood motionless with their heads bowed. The sentencing was met with thunderous applause in the courtroom and the judge had to ask the police to restore normalcy .
Speaking to TOIlater, Nayana's husband, Abhijit, said, “We were waiting for this very moment to hear this very sentence from the court. We are content with the court's ruling.“ Nayana's two sisters and younger brother were inconsolable after hearing the sentencing.
In her sentencing order, Yenkar ruled, “Considering the facts and circumstances, the inhuman conduct of the accused, the fact that the murder was committed in a brutal, gruesome, diabolical and beastly manner, the innocence and helpless condition of the victim, and the impact of the crime on society and the community at large, I have no hesitation to hold that the case comes within the rarest of rare doctrine. The investigation has been done in a fair and proper manner by investigating officers Deepak Sawant and Vishwanath Ghanwat, who have taken special efforts in doing a credible job.“
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