Upholding  a sentence  of the trial court sentencing a man to death in a ‘rarest of rare’ case the Bombay HC  division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Prithviraj Chavan pronounced their judgment handing capital punishment to a convict who, on August 28^th 2017, killed his mother in what was delineated as a ‘most cruel case’ by the prosecution. 

The case of murder  so chilling happened  in Kolhapur, on August 28^th 2017, committed by Sunil Rama Kuchkoravi,   who  killed his mother of 63  years for refusing  him money to buy liquor as detailed by Additional Public Prosecutor (APP), appearing for the State.  The prosecution had twelve eyewitnesses  testify to the murder and police on its part investigating the case  said  they put together   forensic evidence and DNA tests of body parts that matched those  of the murdered woman. Adducing the ‘condition of the dead body’ and ‘site of the murder’  as crucial and clinching evidence the prosecution  stated that this was a ‘most cruel’ case. 

When trial court Judge, Mahesh Jadhav proclaimed it as a ‘rarest of rare case’  fit for nothing less than a death sentence in 2021,  such an order becomes executable only when the High Court confirms it. The convicted felon, now 38,  had not filed an appeal against the conviction and sentence. Hence a confirmation case was filed by the State in 2021, after the sessions court in Kolhapur  handed down  a  sentence of   death by hanging  to the accused. 

 Ratifying the  capital punishment of the trial court  stating that there was no flaw in its ruling,   the High Court  had   reserved the appeal  and    confirmation of case for judgment on August 8^th.  A reasoned and detailed judgment copy will soon follow  stated  the Bench  no sooner they pronounced their judgment on 1^st October 2024..

Advocate Yug Choudhary, appeared for the accused. Advocate Prajkta Shinde appeared for the prosecution.