One-liner: A court in Surat on Thursday sentenced stalker Fenil Goyani to death for killing 21-year-old college student Grishma Vekariya in Feb this year, terming it as a rarest of the rare case.
Nirbhaya case cited: Citing the Nirbhaya case of Delhi, Surat's Principal Sessions and District Judge V K Vyas said strict punishment is needed to deter people from indulging in such crimes against women.
Verdict welcomed: Vekariya's parents and Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi welcomed the court's verdict, which came just 70 days after the incident.
Strong evidence: The police had filed a 2,500-page charge sheet within a week of the incident, and later also submitted 120 documentary pieces of evidence to strengthen the case.
Throat slit: Goyani had on Feb 12 slit the throat of Vekariya, a resident of Kamrej in Gujarat's Surat city, in front of her family members and neighbours.
Tiff over relationship: He was upset after she refused to be in a relationship with him. He had also stabbed Vekariya's brother and uncle when they tried to rescue her and later injured himself with the same knife.
Arrested: The police, who first took him to a hospital in Kamrej, had arrested him on Feb 16.
Convicted: The court had last month convicted Goyani under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC.
No signs of remorse: While delivering the judgment on Thursday, the judge noted that Goyani had shown no signs of remorse during the entire trial.
Source: PTI