{"id":33750,"date":"2014-06-17T11:18:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T05:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=33750"},"modified":"2014-06-17T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T05:48:16","slug":"purkayastha-murder-court-decide-verdict-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/purkayastha-murder-court-decide-verdict-date","title":{"rendered":"Purkayastha murder: court to decide verdict date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/purkayastha-murder-court-decide-verdict-date\/purkayastha-murder\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33751\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/purkayastha-murder-court-decide-verdict-date\/purkayastha-murder\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/Purkayastha-murder.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Purkayastha murder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/Purkayastha-murder.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/Purkayastha-murder.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33751 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Purkayastha-murder.jpg?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Purkayastha murder\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/Purkayastha-murder.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/Purkayastha-murder.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/06\/Purkayastha-murder.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>A sessions court hearing the murder case of city-based lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha will decide on the date of pronouncing the verdict next week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The court today adjourned the case till next week and will decide on the date to pronounce the judgement then,&#8221; said Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.<\/p>\n<p>It is prosecution&#8217;s case that the accused Sajjad Mughal (22) killed Pallavi (25) when she resisted his advances.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution has examined 20 witnesses in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Mughal has refuted all the allegations and his lawyer Wahab Khan had argued it was Pallavi&#8217;s fianc\u00e9 Avik Sengupta who killed her in their flat on August 9, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Mughal, a native of Jammu and Kashmir, was employed as a security guard at &#8216;Himalayan Heights&#8217; building in suburban Wadala.<\/p>\n<p>Police had earlier claimed Mughal used to ogle the 25-year-old lawyer, who was the daughter of IAS officer Atanu Purkayastha who was the joint secretary in Agriculture Ministry at the Centre when the incident took place.<\/p>\n<p>(Source:PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sessions court hearing the murder case of city-based lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha will decide on the date of pronouncing the verdict next week. &#8220;The court today adjourned the case till next week and will decide on the date to pronounce the judgement then,&#8221; said Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. 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