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PRJ-LIVE-KA-2005-PRATIBHARapeCLOSED CONVICTED✓ Conviction

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Incident: 2005-12-13

IPC Sections: 302, 376, 394, 397

Victims: 1

Data confidence:98%

Progress

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Timeline · 4 events

  1. FIR FILEDMilestone97%

    Pratibha Srikantamurthy (24), HP BPO employee, abducted in office cab in Bengaluru, raped and murdered. Body found in Hosur. Cab driver Shivakumar and accomplice arrested.

    HINDU
  2. VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone95%

    Fast-track sessions court convicts Shivakumar of rape and murder; sentences to death. Case triggers IT sector security reforms for women employees travelling at night.

    Court: Fast Track Court, Bengaluru

    LL
  3. APPEAL FILEDMilestone93%

    Karnataka High Court upholds death sentence for Shivakumar. HC finds no ground to interfere with trial court judgment.

    Court: Karnataka High Court

    IK
  4. SENTENCE EXECUTEDMilestone98%

    Shivakumar hanged at Central Prison, Bengaluru. SC had upheld death sentence. Case became benchmark for women's workplace safety legislation for night-shift employees.

    TOI5/9/2013

Key Milestones

  • ◆2005-12-13FIR FILED
  • ◆2008-01-01VERDICT PRONOUNCED
  • ◆2010-01-01APPEAL FILED
  • ◆2013-09-05SENTENCE EXECUTED
Privacy notice: Victim identities are protected via cryptographic pseudonymisation. Accused names may be partially redacted pending conviction. All data sourced from public records.