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Death Row Appeals: Special Prosecutor Named in Renjith Sreenivasan Murder
10 Jul
Summary
- Special public prosecutor appointed for appeals in Renjith Sreenivasan murder case.
- Fifteen accused were previously sentenced to death by a sessions court.
- The appeals are scheduled for hearing in the high court on July 21.
The Kerala government has appointed P Vijaya Bhanu, a seasoned high court lawyer with expertise in criminal law, as the special public prosecutor. Her role will be to conduct the prosecution in the appeals arising from the conviction and sentencing of 15 individuals in the 2021 Renjith Sreenivasan murder case.
These appeals are a direct consequence of a Mavelikkara additional sessions court judgment delivered on January 20, 2024. The court found all 15 accused guilty and deemed the crime to be within the 'rarest of rare' category, resulting in a death sentence for each. The appeals are currently pending before a bench of Justices V Raja Vijayaraghavan and K V Jayakumar and are scheduled for a hearing on July 21.
Renjith Sreenivasan, the state secretary of BJP OBC Morcha, was murdered at his residence in Vellakinar, Alappuzha, on December 19, 2021. The gang responsible was allegedly affiliated with the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), and the motive was reportedly retaliation for the killing of SDPI state secretary K S Shan.
