Jisha Rape-Murder Case : Convict Ameerul Islam gets death sentence
Ameerul Islam, the convict in Jisha rape and murder case, has been awarded death sentence by the Ernakulam chief judicial magistrate court on Thursday. The court in Kerala on Tuesday had found the accused guilty of raping and murdering law student Jisha.
The 29-year-old law student, Jisha was brutally raped and murdered on April 28 last year, in which her body sustained at least 30 injuries, including in her private parts.
On Wednesday, Islam, claiming innocence, told , ”I didn’t do anything. I don’t know who did it.” He is a resident of Assam and had murdered Jisha following an attempt to rape her at the latter’s residence in Iringol near Perumbavoor.
Earlier on September 17, 2016, the charges against Islam were filed under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (punishment for rape), 376A (punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim), 442 (house trespass), 449 (house-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offense, or giving false information to screen offender), 302 (punishment for murder) and charges on Dalit Atrocities Prevention Act.
The woman lived with her mother, who was not at home at the time of the crime. The victim’s mother had sought capital punishment for the accused.
Defence counsel in the Jisha murder case B A Alooor has said that he would move high court against the death sentence awarded to convict Ameerul Islam. “The court had pronounced the order based on the mere speculation of the police that Ameerul raped and killed Jisha,” he said.
Meanwhile, ADGP B Sandhya who headed the investigation team in the case, said that she was satisfied with the verdict. “It is the moral responsibility of the police to obey and respect the court verdict, whatever be the verdict. I also congratulate all the investigation officers who worked hard to resolve the case,”
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