Soumya Vishwanathan murder case order to be pronounced by court on Thursday
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New Delhi: A Delhi court is anticipated to make a decision regarding the quantum of sentence for the five defendants involved in the 2008 murder of television journalist Soumya Vishwanathan on Thursday.
While driving home from work on Nelson Mandela Marg in the early hours of September 30, Vishwanathan, who was employed for a prominent English news station in this area, was shot and killed.
Police had claimed that the motive behind the killing was robbery, PTI reported.
On October 18, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Ravindra Kumar Pandey convicted Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik and Ajay Kumar for the offence of murder and common intention under the IPC.
They were also held guilty under provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for committing organised crime resulting in the death of the person.
The offences entail the death penalty as the maximum sentence.
The court also convicted the fifth accused Ajay Sethi under section 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) and MCOCA provisions for conspiring to abet, aid or knowingly facilitate organised crime and for receiving the proceeds of organised crime.
"Be put up for order on sentence after compliance of guideline, on October 26," the court had said.