Delhi LG VK Saxena approves filing of review petition in Chhawla case

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has approved the filling of review petition against the acquittal of the three accused in the Chhawla rape and murder case, as informed by the sources at LG secretariat.

The accused were convicted and awarded death sentence by the trial court and Delhi High Court for the gangrape and murder of a 19 old girl in south-west Delhi’s Chhawla area. The top court’s decision to acquit them prompted the victim’s parents to seek police protection out of fear. The accused were booked on February 13, 2012, and the police after investigation filed the charge sheet and the court of sessions framed charges against all three accused, namely Rahul, Ravi Kumar, and Vinod alias Chhotu on May 26, 2012.

These three accused knocked the doors of Supreme Court and challenged the judgement of High Court and the Supreme Court then allowed the above appeals and the judgments and orders of conviction and sentence passed by the Trial Court and High Court were set aside.      

The approval comes days after the parents of 2012 Chhawla gangrape victim met Delhi LG VK Saxena and requested him to file a review petition against the acquittal of the three accused. According to the sources, LG has also appointed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and additional SG Aishwarya Bhatti to represent the case before the Supreme Court.  

The 19-year-old was a resident of Chhawla, Delhi and was abducted from Qutub Vihar. The girl was subjected to the utmost horrors before being murdered brutally.