PRJ-LIVE-MH-2012-PALLAVI | Stalking

PRJ-LIVE-MH-2012-PALLAVIStalkingJUDGMENT DELIVERED✓ Conviction

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Incident: 2012-08-09

IPC Sections: 302, 354, 376

Victims: 1

Data confidence:97%

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Trial

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Timeline · 4 events

2012-08-09FIR FILEDMilestone98%
Corporate lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha (25) stabbed to death in her Mumbai flat. Watchman Sajjad Ahmed Mughal arrested at crime scene. FIR under IPC 302.
HINDU9/8/2012
2014-09-01~VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone96%
Sessions Court convicts Sajjad Ahmed Mughal of murder; life sentence awarded. Evidence includes CCTV and forensic DNA matching.
Court: Sessions Court, Mumbai
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2017-06-01~APPEAL FILEDMilestone95%
Bombay HC upholds life sentence; dismisses appeal by Mughal. HC holds that DNA and CCTV evidence conclusively establishes guilt.
Court: Bombay High Court
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2022-03-01~APPEAL FILEDMilestone90%
Supreme Court dismisses SLP by Mughal; life sentence stands. Case closed after decade-long appellate journey.
Court: Supreme Court of India
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Key Milestones

◆2012-08-09FIR FILED
◆2014-09-01VERDICT PRONOUNCED
◆2017-06-01APPEAL FILED
◆2022-03-01APPEAL FILED

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