LAWYERSPEAK: Yadavs' lawyers K N Balgopal (C), and G K Bharati (R) and Kataras' lawyer B S Joon (L).
New Delhi: The Nitish Katara murder case was a long-drawn trial for the lawyers as well. On Friday, both the prosecution and the defence lawyers reacted to the Patiala House court verdict.
While Kataras’ lawyer BS Joon said they would consider appealing for enhancement of the sentence, Yadavs’ lawyers were visibly agitated and even blamed the media.
“We will go through the judgement and decide whether we should go for an enhancement of it. We have the legal right to do so,” said Joon.
Vikas Yadav's lawyer K N Balgopal spoke with CNN-IBN and said the prosecution did not succeed in projecting the case as a rarest of rare.
“Prosecution tried to make it one of the rarest of rare cases along with fine Rs of 1 lakh. We will be filing an appeal as soon as we get copies of judgement. We will approach the higher court for justice. The court was packed with lawyers and journalists. As far as the sentence is concerned, we placed on record conviction cases. I had explained to the court that Nitish was murdered with a hammer. It was not a case where he was burnt alive. They (Vikas and Vishal Yadav) took it gracefully. We have a right to appeal,” he said.
Published on Fri, May 30, 2008 at 20:38, Updated at Fri, May 30, 2008 in Nation section
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- Lawyer Practising at Supreme Court of India. Court Experience: Criminal, Civil & PIL (related to Property, Tax, Custom & Duties, MVAC, insurance, I.P.R., Copyrights & Trademarks, Partnerships, Labour Disputes, etc.) Socio-Legal: Child Rights, Mid Day Meal Programme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Women Rights, Against Female Foeticide, P.R.Is, Bonded Labour, Child labour, Child marriage, Domestic violence, Legal Literacy, HIV/AIDS, etc. Worked for Legal Aid/Advise/Awareness/Training/Empowerment/Interventions/Training & Sensitisation.
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