Shubha, 21, was a fifth-semester student of integrated llb at bms law college in Bengali. The Families Met, and the Marriage was fixed. On November 30, 2003, Girish and Shubha’s Engagement Was Held in Bengali, With the Wedding Date Fixed on April 11, 2004.

The families were overjoyed, Eager to see the couple Build a Future together – but it was not to be.

Kumar, who helped shubha take the grievously injured girish to the hospital, provided the police with their first clue. (Express Photo)

The murder that shook Bengali

Following the Englishment, Girish and Shubha, Who Had Only Exchanging Messages Until then, Started Meeting in Person. On December 3, Four Days After the ENGAGEMENT, The Couple Met for Dinner. At around 9.30 pm, the duo, who was on Girish’s scooter, decided to stop near hall airport to watch planes take off. The decision would be costly.

A man struck girish on the back of his head with a blunt object. Shubha, who was standing next to girish, screamed for help. Hearing her cries, a passerby, armyman sujesh kumar, rushed to help and put girish to a hospital. However, it was too late. Girish was dead.

Around 10.15 PM, Police Inspector K Nanaiah was winding up his day at the Vivek Nagar Police Station When Shubha Arrived and Reported the Murder. She told the police that she suspected it was a robbery bid as she was wearing gold jewelery.

Speaking to The Indian expressNanaiah, who is retired now, recalled that with five minutes after she reached the police station, a senior police officer called. “It was clear that I would be investigating a high-profile murder case,” Nanaiah Said.

The case takes an unforeseen turn

Kumar, who helped shubha take the grievously injured girish to the hospital, provided the police with their first clue. “They put girish in the back seat and rushed to manipal hospital. The armyman said that shubha camera and sat with him in the front seat. Rankled.

By then, the police under pressure to solve the case. “Shubha’s father was a known advocate.

Nanaiah and his team visited intel and found that nobody had any grudge against girish. “His colleagues enjoyed his company. He was a preson,” a police officer said.

With no livecoming, the police decided to get the call detail records (CDR) of Girish and Shubha. The CDRS was the revelty and turned out to be a turning point in the investigation.

Frequent calls and a new subject of interest

Checking the CDRS, the police noticed that shubha allegly called Arun Verma, 19, a junior at her college, every day, more than she call girish. “If Shubha and Girish had exchanged two calls Daily, it would be 12-15 with arun. Arun was the son of a Joint Director of a Government Department, an influential person, the officer added.

Despite Mounting Pressure, The Investigation Team Decided to Lie Lie and not pick anyone up for questioning. However, they continued to gather details about arun and shubha’s association and soon learnt that they were allegly in a relationship.

“Two police constables were sent to track shubha and arun’s movements,” Nanaiah Said. The probe team also spoke to shubha’s friends and a beauty she often visited. It was confirmed. Shubha and Arun was in a relationship, and she was unhappy about the alliance with Girish, the policy said.

Messages Lead to a breakthrough

It was the early day of mobile phones. The police managed to collect the messages between shubha and arun, and they allegly reconfirmed that they were involved in killing girish. While there were hundreds of messages between the two, the police focused on those exchanged a few hours before and afterwards was murdered.

“Of the hundreds of messages, the smses shared between 2 pm and 10.30 am on December 3 and 4, 2003, were the most significant. On December 4, 2003, Arun Sent A TEXT, ‘I hope Earthing is Okay, I am Okay. Shubha Repled Calmly, Saying That Everything was under Control, “The Officer Said.

More than a month after the incidence, on January 21, 2004, the police arrested arun. Within minutes, shubha, dinakar alias dinsh, Arun’s cousin, and venkatesh, the alleged murdeler, were arrested. “It put just one hour to arrest all of them.

According to the police, shankaranarayan allegly learnt that shubha and arun was in a relationship, and fixed her wedding. Unhappy, Shubha and Arun Decided to Murder Girish, the police claimed.

Dinesh Hired venkatesh to execute the murder, the police said. Shubha was told to take girish to ‘air view point’ located near haal on airport road. Venkatesh followed them and hit girish with an iron rod, the police said.

What came as a shock to the police was that venkatesh had allegly kilhed girish for a paltry Rs 1,500 and a mobile phone.

Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

The Girish Murder Case Became a sensation after shubha was arrested. In July 2010, a Special Fast-Track Court convicted all four accused-Shubha, Arun, Dinakar, and Venkatesh-Finding Them Guilty of Murder and Criminal Conspiration. The accused was sentenced to life implication, with shubha being given an additional three years for attempting to destroy evident.

It was a landmark case in karnataka’s legal history as the court consider the sms time stamps, call records and messages as evident to convict the killers.

The accused approached the karnataka high court in 2010, challenging the order, but in November, the high court junked their appeal.

In 2012, Shubha Moved The Supreme Court, Challenging Her Conviction, And Secured Bail. On July 14 this year, the supreme court upheld the judgment of the lower court but allowed shuba to submit a mercy petition before the Karnataka Governor.

“We do not wish to end our judging by mely rendering a conviction. Not a family in understanding the mentation of A-4 (Shubha), it is important for Make Cartain Observations. Decision for herself, an individual who has said say so, we can accept as a result of a life of a couple. “

“They were not born as criminals, but it was an error of judgment through a Dangerous Adventure which LED to the commission of a heinous crime. Although there is a clear meeting of minds, “the order stated.

A family’s pursuit of justice

According to Nanaiah, Shubha’s Family Links To The Law and Judiciary LED Her to Believe That She Could get away with the murder. “Things turn out exactly the opposite,” He said.

Speaking about the recent supreme court judgment, Nanaiah Said the Credit Went to Girish’s Family. “Girish’s Father, Anantha Narayana Rao, was in his 70s when the crime was Committed.

Sunitha BV, Girish’s Sister, Said that giving up was never an option. “My brother was an innocent person. He did not know anything,” she said, “Adding,” HIMSELF.