Shakti Mills rape case: HC to take final call on death sentence today

December 05, 2014 08:52

The Bombay high court is scheduled to hear the death sentence confirmation petition of three convicts in the Shakti Mills gang-rape case today. In April, the sessions court had convicted Vijay Jadhav, Salim Ansari and Kasim Bengali, along with Siraj Khan, for the rape of a photo journalist in August 2013. Three accused were given death sentence as they had earlier been convicted of raping a telephone operator in the same premises earlier.

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