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PRJ-LIVE-MH-1994-SIESStalkingCLOSED CONVICTED✓ Conviction

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Incident: 1994-06-21

IPC Sections: 302, 354

Victims: 1

Data confidence:92%

Progress

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Timeline · 4 events

  1. FIR FILEDMilestone88%

    Renu Acharya (20), student of SIES College of Commerce, Sion, Mumbai, stabbed multiple times outside college by Pratap Thorat who had been stalking her for months. She dies on the spot.

    IK
  2. VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone86%

    Sessions Court convicts Pratap Thorat of murder under IPC 302; sentenced to death. Case becomes landmark for pre-354D stalking-driven violence prosecution.

    Court: Sessions Court, Mumbai

    LL
  3. APPEAL FILEDMilestone84%

    Bombay HC upholds conviction and death sentence after prolonged appellate review. SC also confirms death sentence; mercy petition to President rejected.

    Court: Bombay High Court

    IK
  4. SENTENCE EXECUTEDMilestone86%

    Pratap Thorat executed at Nagpur Central Prison: 18 years after the murder. Case cited as evidence that stalking-murder cases can reach execution even without dedicated anti-stalking legislation.

    TOI12/7/2012

Key Milestones

  • ◆1994-06-21FIR FILED
  • ◆1997-01-01VERDICT PRONOUNCED
  • ◆2005-01-01APPEAL FILED
  • ◆2012-07-12SENTENCE EXECUTED
Privacy notice: Victim identities are protected via cryptographic pseudonymisation. Accused names may be partially redacted pending conviction. All data sourced from public records.