3 Get Life Term in Ankit Saxena Murder Case

The Tis Hazari court on Thursday awarded rigorous life imprisonment to three persons for killing 23-year-old photographer Ankit Saxena in 2018 over an interfaith affair. The court said death sentence in the case was not justified because there was possibility of rehabilitation of the convicts, who were parents and uncle of the girl with whom the deceased was in relationship.

The murder made headlines as Saxena was stabbed to death in broad daylight in the Khyala area of West Delhi by the family members of a woman with whom he had been in a relationship. The woman’s family had opposed her relationship with Saxena as the two belonged to different communities.

Additional Sessions Judge Sunil Kumar Sharma awarded rigorous life imprisonment to Akbar Ali and Shahnaz Begum, the father and mother of the deceased’s girlfriend Shehzadi. Her maternal uncle, Mohammad Salim, was also awarded the same punishment. The court imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on each of the accused which had to be paid to Saxena’s mother.