Batla House case Prosecution seeks death penalty for Ariz Khan

NEW DELHI: The prosecution on Monday sought death penalty for Ariz Khan, an alleged Indian Mujahideen terrorist, in the 2008 Batla House encounter, while the counsel for the convict sought leniency on the ground of his young age. On March 8, the court had convicted Khan in the case, noting that he murdered encounter specialist and Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma.

Additional Sessions Judge SandeepYadav had said that Khan, along with his associates, intentionally and voluntarily caused the murder of Inspector M.C. Sharma by a gunshot. Ariz Khan was arrested in February 2018, a decade after allegedly being on the run after the encounter at L-18 in Batla House.

During the course of proceedings on Monday, Advocate M.S. Khan, arguing for Batla House Convict sought leniency on the ground of his young age Senior Public Prosecutor A.T. Ansari sought death penalty and said that it is a gruesome murder of law enforcement officer and defender of Justice.

Prosecutor Ansari said that the collective conscience of the society was shocked due to the incident. Ariz has been convicted under section 186 (Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 333 (voluntarily causes grievous hurt), 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant), 302 (murder). (IANS)

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