Court Suspends Life Sentence, Grants Bail To Man Convicted For Beheading Girlfriend's Cousin: Bombay High Court
In a significant development, the Bombay High Court's Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, comprising Justices A. S. Gadkari and Shyam C. Chandak, has granted interim relief to Nijam Asgar Hashmi, the applicant in Criminal Appeal No.1223 of 2023, by suspending his sentence and allowing him bail under Interim Application No.4078 of 2023. Case Background: Nijam Asgar Hashmi was convicted under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian…
