Delhi's Saket court sentenced four men, Ravi Kapoor, Ajay Kumar, Baljeet Malik, and Amit Shukla, to life imprisonment for the 2008 Murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. The convicts faced charges under Murder and MCOCA, with a ₹1.25 lakh fine imposed on each. Another accused, Ajay Sethi, received a three-year jail term. Soumya Vishwanathan was shot dead in Vasant Kunj, and the sentencing follows the court's October conviction. The case initially linked to robbery garnered public attention for its impact on journalistic safety.
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00:00 Well, finally, a closure in a journalist,
00:02 Soumya Vishwanathan murder case, the case that dates back to 2008,
00:06 finally had a hearing in Delhi's Saket Court, where the court convicted
00:12 and gave the quantum of punishment to the four accused for life term.
00:17 And the fifth accused received a term for three years.
00:21 This case particularly had
00:24 definitely jolted the very conscience,
00:28 not just of the residents of Delhi, but also of the legal,
00:31 the judiciary of this country, where it dragged for so long.
00:36 A family which waited for justice for more than 15 years now
00:40 finally finds closure here with the judgment coming from Delhi's Saket Court.
00:46 The details of the judgment are as follows.
00:49 The convicts, Ravi Kapoor, Ajay Kumar, Baljeet Malik and Amit Shukla
00:53 face charges under the Murder and Makoka, which is Maharashtra
00:58 Control of Organized Crime Act.
01:00 The court has also imposed a fine of one point two lakh rupees
01:04 on each of the four individuals.
01:06 The fifth accused, Ajay Sethi, has received a three year jail term.
01:11 Primarily, the court also found that the attack on Soumya
01:16 that happened on that fateful night in 2008 was primarily due to
01:23 with a motive of robbery.
01:25 Soumya Vishwanathan, who was an employee with a private television
01:29 news channel, was fatally shot in her car in Vasanth Kunj,
01:33 one of the poshest and the secure areas of the capital city, New Delhi,
01:39 on September 30th, 2008, while returning from work.
01:43 The court's decision follows an earlier conviction in October,
01:47 where Judge Ravindra Kumar Pandey found the accused guilty of the charges.
01:52 One thing which is very important to note here is that during the recent
01:55 sentencing proceedings, the public prosecutor highlighted discrepancies
01:59 between an unsatisfactory conduct report from the DLSA
02:03 for convict Amit Shukla and the jail superintendents report.
02:07 The case had initially been linked to robbery, and the police
02:10 investigation identified the perpetrators during the inquiry
02:14 into the murder of another journalist, Jigisha Ghosh.
02:18 The sentencing provides a sort of closure in the case.
02:22 That has lingered for many years.
02:24 And definitely for us also, for the journalist fraternity
02:28 who work in various parts of the country,
02:31 the case of Soumya Vishwanathan, her life snuffed out so young, so early
02:38 that the very concept, whether even the journalists are safe or not,
02:43 or whether they are the safety net around them in the line of duty
02:48 before and after hours of work is something that was
02:52 brought under scrutiny.
02:55 A lot of debate was conducted.
02:58 It was still going on.
03:00 But nonetheless, from Delhi's Saket High Court, this decision
03:05 as of now, Delhi's Saket Court, I beg your pardon.
03:09 This decision could be to a great extent
03:12 bringing a closure to the family, whether the debate is still on,
03:17 whether the convict should have been awarded the death penalty.
03:20 That is something that is still being discussed.
03:23 But as of now, the news coming from New Delhi
03:27 is that the accused in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case
03:32 have been given life term for the murder in 2008.
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