A man who allegedly raped a woman and inserted wooden sticks inside her private parts leading to her death, will also be tried for murder, the Delhi High Court ruled, setting aside a trial court order.
The HC expressed its displeasure with the sessions court’s “whimsical, illegal and perverse” decision to not frame murder charge against the accused, saying that it “speaks of non-application of judicial approach”.
‘Grave error’
Justice Vinod Goel said that the sessions judge committed a “grave error” that led to “failure of justice”, and set aside the lower court’s order that denied the prosecution’s request for framing of additional charge of murder against the accused under IPC Section 302, which entails a maximum punishment of death.
