Talwar couple gets life sentence in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case

A special CBI Court today awarded life imprisonment to Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar for killing their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and servent Hemraj Banjade.

Special CBI judge Sham Lal announced minimum punishment prescribed under IPC section 302 and said this crime did not fall under the ‘rarest of rare’ category.

In the concluding argument CBI demanded death for Talwars for killing not one but two people, while the legal team of Talwars asked for leniency.

The couple broke down after the judge pronounced the judgement.

Talwars’ lawyer Rebecca John termed the verdict a witch-hunt by the CBI.

“The CBI demanded death penalty and this is very demand of death sentence is nothing but witch-hunt. This demand for death sentence is a grotesque demand by the CBI. We will read the full order and then we will move Allahabad High Court as soon as possible. It was never the rarest of rare case. It is the CBI which has turned it into a witch-hunt,” said Rebecca John.

On May 16, In 2008, 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar was brutally murdered at the Talwar family’s Noida residence. Talwars’ servant, Hemraj’s body was also found next day on the terrace. Central Bureau of Investigation has accused Rajesh Talwar and Nupur

Talwar for killing their only daughter Aarushi Talwar and their servant Hemraj. CBI argued that Aarushi and Hemraj were murdered in Aarushi’s room after they were found in a compromising position by the parents. Talwar couple carried Hemraj’s body on the terrace in a bed sheet after the killing.

The quantum of the total sentence in brief:

Rajesh and Nupur Talwar – Life term under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder) and have been fined Rs 10,000 each or 6 months more imprisonment.

Rajesh and Nupur Talwar – 5-year term under Section 201 (tampering evidence, giving false information) and have been fined Rs 5,000 each or 3 months more imprisonment.

Rajesh Talwar – 1-year imprisonment under Section 203 (registering false FIR) and Rs. 2,000 as fine.

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