Mumbai court sentences man to death in 2017 double murder case
Mumbai (PTI): A sessions court in Mumbai has imposed death penalty on a man for killing an old woman and a two-year-old girl here in 2017 by setting them on fire, noting the case undoubtedly falls under the "rarest of rare" category.
Sessions Judge A Subramaniam, in the judgment delivered on Tuesday against the accused, Deepak Jath, said "society abhors such crimes which shock the conscience of the society and always attract intense and extreme indignation of the community."
The prosecution case is that in April 2017, Jath poured some liquid on four persons -- two women, a 17-year-old girl and a two-year-old girl -- and set them on fire in suburban Bandra.
One of the women and the two-year-old girl died due to burn injuries.
The case is that Jath had earlier harassed the 17-year-old girl and was irked when he was admonished for the same.
The court refused to accept Jath's claim that he was not mentally sound.
"I believe that the manner of causing death and pouring inflammable material on the victims, and cold bloodedly lighting them up which included an old helpless lady and a small child of couple of years shows the dastardly act and classifies it as such," the judge said.
"Society abhors such crimes which shock the conscience of the society and always attract intense and extreme indignation of the community," it noted.
Jath, in his defence, claimed he was irked with one of the victims who had used certain derogatory words against him.
The judge, however, said, "Can that be said to be provocation or adequate provocation for committing such a ghastly act. I feel the answer lies in the question itself."
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
