New Delhi, May 5
The mother of a four-year-old girl raped and killed by one Mohd Firoz has moved the Supreme Court, seeking review of its verdict commuting the death penalty of the convict. Commuting Firoz’s death penalty, a Bench led by Justice UU Lalit had in its April 19 verdict said, “The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”
The Supreme Court judgment holding that it was not a “rarest of rare” case warranting death penalty had attracted criticism.
Requesting the top court to take a relook at the verdict, the review petition submitted that the petitioner and her deceased daughter would only get justice when the death penalty awarded to the accused was restored.
In her review petition filed through advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, the victim’s mother submitted, “My little daughter, who was deceitfully kidnapped, brutally raped and viciously murdered by Mohd Firoz, also had a future.” The petitioner said the verdict overlooked that the sentencing policy must be befitting the nature of crime and deterrent with an explicit aim to make an example out of the evil-doer and a warning to those still innocent.
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