Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Delhi High Court grants bail to four life convicts. All we know so far
₹1.25 lakh on each of them. Meanwhile, the fifth convict, Ajay Sethi, was handed down three years of simple imprisonment under section 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the IPC. The trial court had imposed a fine of ₹7.25 lakh on Sethi.
The court had further made it clear that the sentences will run "consecutively," reported PTI. Considering the gravity of the offences committed by Kapoor, the high court denied parole. On January 23, the High Court issued a notice to Delhi Police to respond to the appeals filed by the four convicts.
On February 12, the Delhi High Court comprising Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain suspended the life imprisonment sentence of Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Singh Malik and Ajay Kumar. As for the fifth convict, Ajay Sethi, the court set off the three-year sentence against the time he had already served during the pendency of the appeal following Ravi Kapoor's counsel's request to suspend his sentence. The bench noted that Ajay Sethi had been in custody for over 14 years and underwent incarceration during the trial for offences under the IPC and MCOCA for conspiring to abet, aid, or knowingly facilitate organised crime and receiving proceeds of organised crime.
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