A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted five people in connection with the murder case of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in the year 2008. .Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Ravinder Kumar Pandey of Saket Court found that Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Ajay Kumar and Baljeet Malik had committed the murder with the intention to rob Vishwanathan. The Court, therefore, held that their role was proved beyond reasonable doubt and convicted them under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (offence committed with common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They were also held guilty under Section 3(1) (i)of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). Meanwhile, accused Ajay Sethi was convicted for offences under Section 411(dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the IPC and Section 3(2) and 3(5) of MCOCA. .Vishwanathan was a journalist working with India Today. She was found dead in her car in Vasant Kunj in September 2008. Forensic reports indicated she died due to a bullet wound in her head. According to the police, Vishwanathan was returning home late at night from her office when she was chased and shot. The breakthrough in the case came in March 2009, when the police arrested two suspects, Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla, for their involvement in another case. In the disclosure statements, they confessed to the murder. The chargesheet in the case was filed in June 2010. The court completed hearing arguments in the case on 19, 2016. However, since then the judgment was deferred several times before it was pronounced today.
A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted five people in connection with the murder case of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in the year 2008. .Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Ravinder Kumar Pandey of Saket Court found that Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Ajay Kumar and Baljeet Malik had committed the murder with the intention to rob Vishwanathan. The Court, therefore, held that their role was proved beyond reasonable doubt and convicted them under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (offence committed with common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They were also held guilty under Section 3(1) (i)of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). Meanwhile, accused Ajay Sethi was convicted for offences under Section 411(dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the IPC and Section 3(2) and 3(5) of MCOCA. .Vishwanathan was a journalist working with India Today. She was found dead in her car in Vasant Kunj in September 2008. Forensic reports indicated she died due to a bullet wound in her head. According to the police, Vishwanathan was returning home late at night from her office when she was chased and shot. The breakthrough in the case came in March 2009, when the police arrested two suspects, Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla, for their involvement in another case. In the disclosure statements, they confessed to the murder. The chargesheet in the case was filed in June 2010. The court completed hearing arguments in the case on 19, 2016. However, since then the judgment was deferred several times before it was pronounced today.
