PTI, New Delhi
Published by: Sanjeev Kumar Jha
Updated Sun, 06 Mar 2022 02:14 PM IST
Summary
The Supreme Court, while ordering the Uttarakhand government, said that the appropriate team of AIIMS Rishikesh will conduct a psychological evaluation of the convict Jayaprakash by going to Sudhowala district jail.
The Supreme Court has stayed the death sentence of the convict of raping and then murdering an 11-year-old girl in the year 2018 in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand. The top court was hearing an appeal filed by the convict against the January 2020 judgment of the Uttarakhand High Court, which has upheld the death sentence awarded to him by the lower court. The Supreme Court directed that the appellant be psychologically assessed and reported. A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit said that the notice to file an appeal in the state of Uttarakhand can be returned on May 4, 2022. Till further consideration, the effect and operation of the sentence of death awarded to the appellant shall remain in abeyance. An intimation in this regard should be sent to the concerned jail immediately.
Psychological evaluation of the appellant in the interest of justice: Supreme Court
The apex court said that the report of the concerned jail administration regarding the nature of work done by the appellant while in jail to be of full assistance in the matter be placed before it by April 25. We also feel that the interest of justice determines that we obtain a psychological assessment of the appellant.
The bench asked the Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh to constitute a team for psychological evaluation of the appellant and send a report by April 25. The top court, which posted the matter for further consideration on May 4, said that the jail authorities would extend full cooperation to the appellant to facilitate access and proper evaluation.
What’s the matter?
According to the prosecution, the FIR was registered in July 2018 on the complaint of the victim’s father who said that his daughter was playing with other children when she went missing. It said that when the complainant inquired about his daughter from other children, he was told that the accused took her to his hut. The complainant had alleged that the victim’s body was found in the hut of the accused, who was a laborer and lived at a construction site. During the hearing, the accused pleaded innocent and said that he had been falsely implicated in the case. The High Court had said that the prosecution has been successful in proving that the accused had killed the helpless victim after the rape.
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The Supreme Court has stayed the death sentence of the convict of raping and then murdering an 11-year-old girl in the year 2018 in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand. The top court was hearing an appeal filed by the convict against the January 2020 judgment of the Uttarakhand High Court, which has upheld the death sentence awarded to him by the lower court. The Supreme Court directed that the appellant be psychologically assessed and reported. A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit said that the notice to file an appeal in the state of Uttarakhand can be returned on May 4, 2022. Till further consideration, the effect and operation of the sentence of death awarded to the appellant shall remain in abeyance. An intimation in this regard should be sent to the concerned jail immediately.
Psychological evaluation of the appellant in the interest of justice: Supreme Court
The apex court said that the report of the concerned jail administration regarding the nature of work done by the appellant while in jail to be of full assistance in the matter be placed before it by April 25. We also feel that the interest of justice determines that we obtain a psychological assessment of the appellant.
The bench asked the Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh to constitute a team for psychological evaluation of the appellant and send a report by April 25. The top court, which posted the matter for further consideration on May 4, said that the jail authorities would extend full cooperation to the appellant to facilitate access and proper evaluation.
What’s the matter?
According to the prosecution, the FIR was registered in July 2018 on the complaint of the victim’s father who said that his daughter was playing with other children when she went missing. It said that when the complainant inquired about his daughter from other children, he was told that the accused took her to his hut. The complainant had alleged that the victim’s body was found in the hut of the accused, who was a laborer and lived at a construction site. During the hearing, the accused pleaded innocent and said that he had been falsely implicated in the case. The High Court had said that the prosecution has been successful in proving that the accused had killed the helpless victim after the rape.