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Sharon Murder Case: Kerala High Court Admits Death Row Convict Greeshma's Appeal, Suspends 3 Yrs Sentence Of Her Uncle
Tellmy Jolly & Manju Elsa Isac
6 Feb 2025 6:48 AM
The Kerala High Court today suspended the sentence imposed upon Greeshma's maternal uncle Nirmalakumaran Nair, who was convicted to three years imprisonment under Section 201 of the IPC for destruction of evidence in the Sharon murder case.The Division Bench of Justice P.B.Suresh Kumar and Justice Jobin Sebastian also admitted the appeal filed by Greeshma and her uncle.Greeshma was convicted...
The Kerala High Court today suspended the sentence imposed upon Greeshma's maternal uncle Nirmalakumaran Nair, who was convicted to three years imprisonment under Section 201 of the IPC for destruction of evidence in the Sharon murder case.
The Division Bench of Justice P.B.Suresh Kumar and Justice Jobin Sebastian also admitted the appeal filed by Greeshma and her uncle.
Greeshma was convicted last month for the murder of her boyfriend Sharon. She has approached the High Court challenging her conviction and meanwhile seeking suspension of sentence. Additional Sessions Court Neyyatinkara had awarded her death penalty for killing Sharon "inch by inch".
The appeal filed by Greeshma claims that the investigation was "highly sensationalized" and there was a "vilification campaign" to find her guilty and to award death penalty.
“It is submitted that from the day of the start of the investigation, the entire case assumed sensation, and there was a clear vilification campaign to find the accused guilty and sentence her to death. Under these circumstances, there is reason to hold that the court below was pressurized to a certain extent to find the accused guilty and sentence her to death. The accused do not get a fair trial,” the plea states.
It is also argued in the petition that the Court below "without any scientific evidence" concluded that Sharon died of poisoning.
The appellant has also submitted that the case cannot be considered as a 'rarest of rare' case. It was also submitted that no mitigation study was done before awarding death penalty.
The Appeal is moved by Advocates Sreejith S. Nair, Satheesh Mohanan, Mahima, Vipin Raj P., Sekhar G. Thampi, Akhil Surendran, Abhishek Nair M. R., Nandu Prakash J. S.
Case Title: Greeshma @ Sreekutty and Another v State of Kerala
Case No: Crl.A 253/ 2025