Pandher, Koli get death for 2006 rape, murder

Ghaziabad, July 24

A CBI court today convicted businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surender Koli to death in a Nithari serial rape and murder case, observing it was a rarest of rare case that shook the society.

Special Judge Pawan Kumar Tripathi delivered the ruling holding them guilty of rape, murder, abduction, tampering with evidence and criminal conspiracy over the killing of a 20-year-old woman in 2006.

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The judge also slapped Rs 10,000 fine on Koli under Section 302 of the IPC, besides 10-year jail for abduction with intention to murder and Rs 10,000 fine, 10-year jail under Sections 376 (rape) and 511 (attempt to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life) and Rs 10,000 fine and seven-year jail and Rs 5,000 fine under Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence).  Pandher was fined Rs 10,000 under Section 302, seven-year jail and Rs 10,000 fine under Sections 376 and 511 and seven-year jail and Rs 5,000 fine under Section 201 of the IPC.

The case was registered by the CBI on December 29, 2006. On October 5, 2006, the woman was returning home from work when Koli lured her inside the house, where he killed and beheaded her. — IANS