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Death for Sushil Sharma in tandoor case

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI. NOV. 7. A Delhi court today sentenced the former Youth Congress leader, Sushil Sharma, to death in the sensational Naina Sahni murder case. However, the sentence will not be carried out till the Delhi High Court confirms it.

Pronouncing the sentence, the Additional Sesssions Judge, G.P. Thareja, said:

``Accused Sushil is sentenced, and shall be hanged by the neck till he is dead.

``The sentence of death shall not be executed unless and until it is confirmed by the Delhi High Court. For that purpose, the file shall be sent to the High Court for confirmation of the sentence of death on or before December 9.''

Reacting to the verdict, Sushil Sharma said: ``I respect the award of capital punishment.'' His lawyer said that as of now his client was of the view that he would not go in appeal. Kesav Kumar, the co-accused, was sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs. 10,000 for conspiring with Sushil Sharma to dispose of Naina's body in a tandoor of the Bagiya restaurant in the erstwhile Hotel Ashok Yatri Niwas on Ashok Road. However, due to the provision of adjustment of the sentence already undergone by the accused during the trial, Kesav was freed from the Tihar jail late in the evening on his depositing the fine in the court. Kesav was the manager of the restaurant. The maximum sentence Kesav faced was seven years. But he had already served eight years' imprisonment as an undertrial.

Mr. Thareja had reserved judgment on Thursday at the end of conclusion of submissions by counsel for the accused and the prosecution. Naina, who Sushil Sharma claimed was his wife, was murdered in her house in Gole Market in New Delhi in 1995. According to police, Sharma later cut her body into pieces, stuffed them into a gunny bag and brought it to the restaurant for disposal in a tandoor.

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