Jessica Lall case : Supreme Court rejects Manu Sharma’s plea
August 10th, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Manu Sharma’s plea, seeking review of the judgement sentencing him to life imprisonment in Jessica Lall murder case.
“There is no merit in the plea,” said a bench comprising Justices P. Sathasivam and Swatanter Kumar refuting to interfere with its earlier judgement.
The Justice Bench said the review petition is being dismissed on the same grounds on which the appeal against the Delhi High Court verdict was rejected.
Earlier on April 19, the apex court upheld the verdict given by the Delhi High Court in the case, convicting prime accused Manu Sharma to life imprisonment. Lall was shot dead by Manu Sharma at the Tamarind Court Cafe restaurant owned by socialite Bina Ramani in South Delhi on April 29, 1999.On December 18, 2006, reversing the order of acquittal recorded by the trial court, the Delhi High Court convicted Sharma and awarded him a life sentence.The High Court also declared two other accused in the case - Vikas Yadav and Amarjeet Singh Gill - guilty for destruction of evidence. They have also challenged their conviction and four-year jail sentence. Sharma is the son of senior Haryana Congress leader Vinod Sharma, while Yadav is the son of Uttar Pradesh politician D.P. Yadav.Earlier, on February 21, 2006, the trial court verdict had acquitted Sharma.Sharma had challenged the conviction in the apex court. Senior counsel Ram Jethmalani, appearing for Sharma, had argued that the judgment was pre-determined to hold the appellant guilty as one of the judges refused to withdraw from the bench. Narrating the sequence of events, Jethmalani alleged that from everyday hearing, it was clear that the bench was going to reverse the acquittal by the trial court. The High Court judgment was ‘nothing but perverse’ and every finding of the trial court was rejected, he said.Appearing for the Delhi Government, Solicitor-General Gopal Subramaniam, justified the conviction and submitted that there was sufficient evidence to convict and sentence Sharma to a life term. (ANI)
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