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Babloo Srivastava files appeal against life term

Staff Reporter

Don accused of hatching a conspiracy to eliminate a businessman

NEW DELHI: Underworld don Babloo Srivastava and businessman Nitin Shah have filed appeals in the Delhi High Court against their conviction in the Lalit Kumar Suneja murder case in East Delhi in August 1992.

Earlier this month, on July 3, a Delhi court had sentenced Srivastava and co-accused Shah to life imprisonment, holding them guilty of entering into a conspiracy to eliminate Suneja, an employee of Shah, following a payment dispute.

Srivastava and Shah had allegedly hired two contract killers -- Virender Pant and Manish Dixit -- to eliminate Suneja.

Shah's appeal came up for hearing on Tuesday before a Division Bench of the High Court comprising Justice R.S. Sodhi and Justice P.K. Bhasin. The Bench issued notices to the Delhi police for July 20.

Srivastava's appeal is likely to come up for hearing in a couple of days.

The contract killers whom Srivastava had hired for Rs. 1 lakh at the instance of Shah had died during the trial. Pant died of tuberculosis, while Dixit was killed in a police encounter. The third accused, Manjit Singh, was acquitted by the court for want of evidence.

In the charge sheet, the police had said that accused Shah had requested his friend Srivastava to eliminate Suneja offering to bear the costs likely to be incurred on carrying out the act. Srivastava then hired Pant and Dixit to carry out the job.

On August 2, 1992, Pant took Dixit to the spot on a motorcycle while Singh waited for them in a car at Yamuna Pusta near Bank Enclave, the charge sheet said.

Dixit had allegedly shot dead Suneja near his house when he was on his way back home after offering puja.

The investigating agency had got a clue to the murder when they came across a complaint registered by Suneja at the Nizamuddin police station here accusing Shah of threatening him. He had also alleged that Srivastava had threatened him over telephone asking him to settle the financial dispute with Shah.

The police had kept Srivastava, Shah and Singh under Column 2 in the charge sheet meant for accused not sent up for trial.

However, they later charge sheeted the three under Sections 302 (murder) and 120 (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.

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