Javed Akhtar who is Lyricist turned into politician expressed his views on the recent verdict of Kathua?case. Court on Monday 10th June 2019 sentenced the three prime accused to life imprisonment?and sent the other three convicts to 5 years in jail??related to Kathua case.?
Capital punishment does not deter crime, veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar said after six people were convicted for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year.
A Special Court in Pathankot on Monday convicted six people in the case and awarded life imprisonment running to 25 years to three -- temple priest and mastermind Sanji Ram, Deepak Khajuria and Parvesh Kumar.
Akhtar spoke about it at the launch of author Sonal Sonkavde's book titled "So What" here on Monday.
"I heard it on television that those people who are responsible for that inhuman and barbaric act have been given life sentence.
Capital punishment does not deter crime, veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar said after six people were convicted for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year.
A Special Court in Pathankot on Monday convicted six people in the case and awarded life imprisonment running to 25 years to three -- temple priest and mastermind Sanji Ram, Deepak Khajuria and Parvesh Kumar.
Akhtar spoke about it at the launch of author Sonal Sonkavde's book titled "So What" here on Monday.
"I heard it on television that those people who are responsible for that inhuman and barbaric act have been given life sentence.
- 6/11/2019
- GlamSham
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