NEW DELHI, Nov. 7 -- The Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty in the 2010 rape and murder case involving a 10-year-old girl in Coimbatore. The revision plea of convict Manoharan, who had been sentenced to death, dismissed the review petition, requesting a review of his order to uphold the death penalty.
The Supreme Court, while giving the verdict by a majority of two, said that there is no basis for reviewing the decision which upheld the death penalty.
Supreme Court's decision came on August 1, 2019
It is worth mentioning that on August 1 this year, the Supreme Court had sentenced the death sentence, in violation of the decision of the Madras High Court in the case of gang-rape of a minor girl and then the murder of her and her you...