Delhi HC upholds life term to man for murder of two minor boys

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and life term awarded to a man who was found guilty of committing the murder of two minor boys in 2011.

A bench of Justices Mukta Gupta and Anish Dayal dismissed the appeal by the convict (appellant) against the trial court decision while opining that his guilt was “proved beyond a reasonable doubt.” The court recorded that in August 2011, the family members of the deceased children – aged six and eight years, “found the two minor children lying under the cot with no movement in their bodies” in the appellant’s room.

The children were declared “brought dead” after they were taken to the hospital with the help of the neighbours and the prosecution alleged that the cause of their death was asphyxia due to ''smothering and ligature strangulation''.

Considering the evidence on record which included the testimonies of the family members of the deceased children, the court ruled, “This Court finds that the guilt of the appellant for the murder of the deceased has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Consequently, this Court finds no error in the impugned judgement of conviction and order on the sentence by the learned Trial Court. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.” “It is quite evident that the death of the two minor children found in the room on the second floor ....was homicidal in nature,” the court observed in its judgement delivered on September 19.

The court further said that the since the dead bodies of the children were found in the room which was rented by the appellant, the burden was cast upon him under the law to explain the same but he was “unable to do”.

“ It is quite clear from the testimonies and evidence on record that the crime was committed inside the room and later on the room was locked by the appellant and he had gone away. The question of anybody witnessing anything untoward would be difficult or well impossible in these circumstances,” the court said.

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