HC upholds conviction, denies pleas for death
Mumbai, Nov. 11 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the conviction of security guard Sajjad Mugal alias Pathan for the 2012 murder of 25-year-old lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, but refused to enhance his sentence to death penalty. The division bench dismissed the appeals filed by the state government and the victim's father seeking capital punishment for Sajjad.
Sajjad was convicted in 2014 and sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life. P4...
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