Ghaziabad: A CBI court Monday convicted businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surender Koli to death in a Nithari serial rape and murder case, observing it is a rarest of rare case that had shaken the society.
Special Judge Pawan Kumar Tripathi gave the ruling after finding them guilty of rape, murder, abduction, tampering of evidence and criminal conspiracy over the killing of a 20-year-old woman. The judge also slapped a fine of `10,000 on Koli under Section 302, a further 10 years for abduction with intention to murder and `10,000 as fine, 10 years’ jail under Sections 376 (rape) and 511 (attempt to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life) as also a `10,000 fine and seven-year jail term and a Rs 5,000 fine under Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence). All the terms of imprisonment would be increased for failure to pay the fines.
Pandher was slapped a `10,000 fine under Section 302, a seven-year jail term along with `10,000 as fine under Sections 376 and 511, and seven years’ jail and ` 5,000 as fine under Section 201. All jail terms would be increased if there is a failure to pay the fines. The case, the eighth of the several lodged against them, was registered by CBI December 29, 2006.
Indo-Asian News Service