Why should the killer who hacked the body in to many pieces (even if we accept Maria’s lawyer’s version that 300 pieces is an exaggerated figure) be not awarded capital punishment? In India the provision of capital punishment exists for rarest of the rare cases and Jerome Mathew falls in this category. Agreed the Judge found Jerome guilty of culpable homicide under 304(I) of IPC, but then who is the murderer under Section 302? The Judge should have answered this before awarding lenient punishments to both to Maria and Jerome.
Indeed this judgment constitutes a prima-facie case of miscarriage of justice and calls for the pressure from general public and human rights bodies.
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