Pallavi Purkayastha's killer gets life imprisonment

Written By Unknown on Senin, 07 Juli 2014 | 22.23

MUMBAI: A special court on Monday sentenced 24-year-old Sajjad Pathan to life imprisonment for the 2012 murder of lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha.

Special judge Vrushali Joshi pronounced the verdict in the presence of a packed court room among whom were Pallavi's parents Atanu and Sumita.

The parents expressed anguish over the verdict as they expected the death sentence. "The fight does not end here. We will appeal in the Bombay high court," they said.

Judge Joshi summoned Pathan into the the witness box and explained the charges and sentence to him. When Pathan pleaded with the court to reduce the sentence, judge Joshi told him that life sentence was the minimum punishment for murder.

On August 9, 2012, Pallavi, a lawyer, was murdered in her rented flat in Wadala.

A security guard of the building, Sajjad Ahmed Mughal alias Sajjad Pathan was held for the murder.

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Pathan a native of Kashmir, was convicted under all charges including murder, outraging modesty of a woman and trespassing.

Judge Joshi adjourned the proceedings to Thursday when special public prosecutor Ujjawal Nikam and defence advocate Wahab Khan will present arguments on the quantum of sentence.(


(Pallavi Purkayastha was murdered inside the apartment of Himalyan heights on 16th floor at Bhakti Park in Wadala on August 9, 2012.)

Watchman Sajjad Ahmed Mughal entered Pallavi Purkayastha's flat on August 9 with stolen keys and rape on his mind.

He tried to force himself on the lawyer while she was sleeping.

When Pallavi resisted with all her strength, the guard slashed her throat with a knife.

The 25-year-old daughter of senior Delhi-based bureaucrats died soon after.

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(Friends and colleagues of Pallavi Purkayastha)

Trial in the case had started in May last year.

Pallavi's live-in partner Avik Sengupta died later at Mahim's PD Hinduja hospital after suffering from inflammatory brain disorder.


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