Victim’s poem gets murder convict life term
NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old murder convict will spend the rest of his life in jail for killing his 17-year-old school junior. The court hinged on two pieces of evidence — a poem of the victim girl and a YouTube song in which a youth kills his girlfriend — to deliver this verdict.
Additional sessions judge Virender Kumar Bansal called Sarthak Kapoor a “jilted lover” who wanted the girl back at any cost. And on watching the song, which was placed on record by the prosecution, the court said, “This clearly shows and depicts his motive and also what he is going to do and ultimately he did.”
Police had said that Kapoor had pressed the victim Shreya Sharma’s neck against the wall with her elbow as shown in the song.
The poem was reproduced by the court in its sentencing order after forensic tests confirmed it was hers. It took note that Kapoor had been harassing Sharma much before he killed her. “It was a well-planned, cold-blooded murder. He communicated to her on Instagram his intentions to kill her and executed the same as a professional in a cold-blooded manner without using a weapon,” the court said. Kapoor was also slapped with a Rs 2-lakh fine.
Sharma, a Class XII student, was found dead near her house in Rohini's Sector 17 after she went missing on August 16 last year after going for coaching classes. When all efforts to find Sharma proved unsuccessful, the parents called up the police. Upon inquiry, Kapoor confessed to his crime and took the police to the spot where Sharma’s parents identified her body.
There were instances of harassment and injury that came out during investigation. In April 2017, the first instance of harassment had come to light when Sharma’s chemistry teacher had informed her parents that Kapoor would inflict injuries on her outside the coaching centre. During the trial, one of Sharma’s friends had testified that Sharma had been “disturbed” and “depressed” due to the harassment.
The police had also relied on CCTV footage showing Sharma’s final moments with Kapoor. The footage, judge Bansal ruled, wasn’t tampered with and Sharma and Kapoor were seen together around 5.01pm. “The postmortem report also confirms the time of death as around the time when they were last seen together... I found that firstly, a black bag is visible in the CCTV footage... The pendrive in which the CCTV footage was taken is proved... From CCTV itself it is clear that Shreya at that time was carrying one bag,” the judge held.
The defence counsel submitted that evidence was planted on Kapoor and nothing was recovered from his house. “Police knew where the body was and they manipulated the entire story,” it was submitted. The court disagreed. “Even otherwise it is quite natural that a child going for tuition must be carrying with her...a small bag which was being carried by Shreya also,” the court said.
It sentenced him to rigorous life imprisonment and specified that it would be for the remainder of his life.
courtesy : timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Woman threatens to end life as police official refuses to accept love proposal, FIR registered
Bengaluru (PTI): A woman was booked on charges of obstructing a police inspector from discharging his official duties and threatening to commit suicide if he did not accept her love proposal, police said on Wednesday.
The 45-year-old inspector attached to the Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station here alleged that the woman repeatedly harassed him, they said.
According to his complaint, the harassment began on October 30, when he started receiving calls from an unknown woman from multiple phone numbers.
During these calls, she allegedly spoke incoherently and claimed to have close links with several highly placed individuals, including the Chief Minister, Deputy CM, Home Minister and other political leaders.
Police said the woman sent photographs via WhatsApp purportedly showing herself with these dignitaries and claimed she could use their influence to compel the inspector to accept her proposal. She also allegedly threatened to use her contacts against him if he refused.
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The inspector said that he advised her to visit the police station and submit a written complaint if she had any grievance. However, she did not do so and instead continued to repeatedly call and send messages, which disturbed his official duties, the FIR said.
According to the FIR, on November 7, the woman allegedly visited his office and handed over an envelope containing some tablets along with handwritten letters. The letters contained emotionally charged and inappropriate content, and the woman claimed they were written using her blood, indicating obsessive behaviour.
Despite being clearly informed that the number she was contacting was an official departmental number meant for public service, she allegedly continued making unnecessary calls and messages, causing mental harassment and obstruction to his day-to-day duties, he alleged.
During the inquiry, police learnt that the woman had allegedly exhibited similar behaviour with other police and government officials in the past, it stated.
On December 12, she allegedly went to his police station and shouted and threatened to commit suicide and ruin the inspector's career if he did not respond to her proposal, prompting him to lodge a complaint.
"Based on the complaint, a case was registered against the woman under Sections 132 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of duty), 351(2) (criminal intimidation) and 221 (obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station. The matter is under investigation," police said.
