A division bench of the high court, comprising Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice PK Chavan, heard Sunil's appeal against the Kolhapur Sessions Court's death sentence verdict. The convict also did not appeal against his conviction and the death penalty.
The man died from his injuries at Royal Berkshire Hospital in the early hours of February 15. The deceased victim's post-mortem report confirmed head injuries as the cause of death.
Based on complaint by husband of Mohini Tomar, an FIR was registered under Sections 140(1), 103(1), 61(2), and 238 of the Bharatiya Nayay Sanhita (BNS) against advocates Mustafa Kamil, Asad Mustafa, Haider Mustafa, Salman, Keshav Mishra, and advocate Munazir Rafi.
35-year-old Malkit Singh, a resident of Jahangir village of Kambo police station area in Amritsar, Punjab was brutally beaten to death by his neighbour Nihang Sukhdev Singh on Wednesday.
The case came to light while West Bengal is witnessing protests over the brutal murder of a junior doctor in a state-run hospital in Kolkata on August 12. The Kolkata Police arrested one man in the case.