High Court Upholds Life Term To Stalker For Murder Of Delhi University Student In 2011

According to the prosecution, the convict, Vijay Saini alias Ram Singh, stalked the student Radhika Tanwar and when she rejected his advances, he shot her using a country-made pistol as a premeditated act on March 8, 2011.

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and life-term awarded to a man for the murder of a Delhi University student in Shantiniketan area of south Delhi's Dhaula Kuan in 2011.

According to the prosecution, the convict, Vijay Saini alias Ram Singh, stalked the student Radhika Tanwar and when she rejected his advances, he shot her using a country-made pistol as a premeditated act on March 8, 2011.

Dismissing the appeal by the convict against the trial court orders on his conviction and sentencing, a bench of Justices Mukta Gupta and Anish Dayal observed that the death of the student was "clearly homicidal in nature caused due to firearm injury" and the motive behind the crime was "also evident".

The court was informed that the appellant had fired one bullet at the back of the student resulting in her death.