Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit kidnapped 13 children in 1995-96. Out of those 13, 9 children were brutally murdered. After this, both the sisters were sentenced to death by the Sessions Court. But the machinery of the state government failed to execute the sentence. The continuing delay gave both the sisters an opportunity to appeal in the court.
Mumbai High Court commutes death sentence of Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit to life imprisonment in 1996 child murder case An important decision of the Bombay High Court has come to the fore. The Bombay High Court has quashed the hanging of 1996 child murder accused Seema and Renuka Gavit. The court has commuted the death sentence of Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit of Kolhapur to life imprisonment for this heinous crime. The death sentence for the murder of nine children has been commuted to life imprisonment. Questioning the delay in hanging, both the sisters appealed to convert the death sentence to life imprisonment. Recognizing this, the Bombay High Court restored the life sentence for both of them.
In 2001, Seema Gavit and Renuka Shinde were sentenced to death by a sessions court. The High Court and the Supreme Court also upheld the Sessions Court’s decision. The then President Pranab Mukherjee had also stamped the order of punishment without condoning the hanging. But after the decision to give the death sentence, due to the delay in implementing it, both the sisters went to court. On this, the Mumbai High Court has now converted the death sentence to life imprisonment.
What is the complete cruel story of the sacrifice of 9 children?
Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit kidnapped 13 children in 1995-96. Out of those 13, 9 children were brutally murdered. After this, both the sisters were sentenced to death by the Sessions Court. But the machinery of the state government failed to execute the sentence. The continuing delay gave both the sisters an opportunity to appeal in the court. That is, due to the lateness of the state government, the death sentence was converted into life imprisonment.
Both of them have been in jail for the last 25 years after being arrested in 1996. It was demanded by the state government that in view of the seriousness of the crimes, the death penalty should be waived, but despite this, no other exemption should be given. That is, both of them should be given life imprisonment till death. Let us tell you that life imprisonment is usually for life, but keeping in mind the good behavior in jail, the state government can appeal for relaxation after a few years. In the case of these two sisters, the state government had appealed for life imprisonment till death.
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