Seema Gavit
Seema Mohan Gavit and her sister Renuka Shinde are convicted murderers from India who are awaiting execution for kidnapping and killing five children.[1] They were charged with thirteen kidnaps and nine murders and the Sessions court found them guilty of kidnapping and murder of six children. The High Court has given a verdict that the prosecution proved five of the cases and confirmed the death sentence.
The Supreme Court of India rejected their appeal and sentenced them to death. Their mercy plea to the President of India was also rejected.
Trial sequence
- 19 November 1996: Arrested
- 29 June 2001: Sessions court convicts of kidnapping 13 children and killing 6 — Santosh, Anjali, Raja, Shraddha, Gauri, Pankaj.
- 9 September 2004: High Court upholds the conviction but acquits her of the kidnapping and murder of Raja.
- 31 August 2006: Supreme Court confirms death sentence.
- 14 August 2014: President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy petition
References
- ↑ "Thieves who kidnapped, used and killed babies". The Indian Express. 18 August 2014.
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