100 Murder Cases Shifted From UP Judge Who Sentenced 22 To Death In 4 Months
About 100 murder cases pending before a judge of a fast-track court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, who has sentenced 22 people to death in the last four months, have now been transferred to a different judge. The cases, involving offences punishable with death or life imprisonment, were transferred from Additional District and Sessions Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar to the court of District and Sessions Judge Virendra Kumar Singh, a government counsel told the news agency PTI. District Bar Association president Pramod Tyagi said that there were apprehensions among the lawyers and litigants over the possibility of the court awarding capital punishment.
