New Delhi:
About 100 homicide circumstances pending earlier than a choose of a fast-track courtroom in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, who has sentenced 22 individuals to demise within the final 4 months, have now been transferred to a special choose.
The circumstances, involving offences punishable with demise or life imprisonment, had been transferred from Extra District and Periods Decide Ravi Kumar Diwakar to the courtroom of District and Periods Decide Virendra Kumar Singh, a authorities counsel informed the information company PTI.
District Bar Affiliation president Pramod Tyagi stated that there have been apprehensions among the many legal professionals and litigants over the potential of the courtroom awarding capital punishment.
Who Is Decide Ravi Kumar Diwakar
Decide Ravi Kumar Diwakar, who was earlier within the information for passing the order to conduct a videography survey of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi complicated in 2022, is thought for his sturdy verdicts.
A resident of Lucknow, the 46-year-old began as a further civil choose in Azamgarh in 2009. He was then elevated as a civil choose in Sultanpur in Could 2015 and as a judicial Justice of the Peace about 5 months later.
Decide Diwakar, who has a BCom and an LLM diploma, has been serving as the extra district and periods choose in Muzaffarnagar since November 2025.
22 Loss of life Sentences In 10 Circumstances
Sentenced 4 to demise in 12-year-old homicide case
On August 13, he sentenced 4 individuals to demise in a 12-year-old homicide case. He additionally imposed a high-quality of Rs 1.70 lakh on the convicts — Ramvir, Rajiv, Rahul and Harender Kumar — after holding them responsible for the homicide of Pawan Kumar. The accused had entered Kumar’s home and opened hearth throughout an assault allegedly stemming from outdated rivalry in Shamli district on July 14, 2014.
Kumar was killed within the firing, whereas his brother, Ashok Kumar, sustained bullet accidents.
Loss of life penalty to man for killing wooden dealer for ransom in 1999
On August 12, he awarded the demise penalty to a person for kidnapping and killing a wooden dealer for ransom practically 27 years in the past.
He held Shahnawaz, the convict, responsible for murdering Saleem in 1999. Saleem was kidnapped for a ransom of Rs 5 lakh and later killed by slitting his throat in a jungle in Chapar on December 9, 1999.
Sentenced 4 to demise in 2011 farmer homicide case
On July 17, he sentenced 4 males to demise for the homicide of a farmer in 2011 throughout an tried theft within the Shamli district.
The farmer, Raj Singh, was travelling on a motorbike along with his good friend, Bijendra, to his sister’s home on August 20, 2011, once they had been intercepted by unidentified assailants. The accused tried to rob them. Raj Singh was shot useless after he resisted, whereas Bijendra was tied up and thrown into a close-by sugarcane subject.
Sentenced ex-village head, his affiliate to demise in homicide case
On July 6, he sentenced a former village head and his affiliate to demise in a 2010 homicide case. He noticed that the case fell within the rarest of uncommon circumstances.
Rajbir Singh, 60, was shot useless over panchayat elections’ enmity on August 24, 2010. The previous village head, Pramod, and his affiliate, Sahdev, had been later arrested for the homicide.
Loss of life penalty for killing residence guard on responsibility
On July 2, Decide Ravi Kumar Diwakar convicted a person of murdering a house guard on responsibility and awarded him the demise sentence, holding that the case fell within the “rarest of uncommon” class.
He noticed that the homicide was dedicated in circumstances warranting the utmost punishment. The incident came about on June 4, 2020, when the house guard, Ratiram, was on responsibility. He intervened to rescue the accused’s mom after he allegedly assaulted her.
Enraged, the accused, Deepak, stabbed Ratiram to demise.
2 sentenced to demise in homicide case
On June 20, he sentenced two individuals — Gajendra and Ramkiran — to demise in reference to the homicide of Rajendra Saini.
He had noticed that the case fell into the rarest of uncommon circumstances.
50-year-old man will get demise penalty in 15-year-old double-murder case
On Could 30, his fast-track courtroom awarded demise penalty to a 50-year-old man for killing a lady and her six-year-old son in a case courting again practically 15 years.
He noticed that the case fell within the “rarest of uncommon” class, warranting capital punishment.
The victims, Rajesh Devi (30) and her son Himanshu, had been murdered within the Mazaffarnagar district on November 7, 2011. In keeping with the prosecution, Rahis took Rajesh Devi and the kid to a close-by sugarcane subject and killed them by repeatedly hitting them with bricks after an argument. Their our bodies had been discovered on November 13.
Loss of life sentence to lady, her 3 sons in 2019 homicide case
On April 28, Decide Diwakar sentenced a lady and her three sons to demise in a 2019 homicide case.
Sentenced 3 to demise in 2019 homicide case
On April 6, the Muzaffarnagar fast-track courtroom awarded a demise sentence to a few individuals in reference to the kidnapping and homicide of a lawyer in 2019.
In keeping with the prosecution, the sufferer, lawyer Mohammad Sameer, was kidnapped and later killed over a financial dispute of Rs 45 lakh on October 15, 2019.
Through the investigation, police discovered that the accused had disposed of the physique at one other location with the assistance of one of many accused. The physique was later recovered from a forest space in Sikri village.
(With PTI inputs)
