Law student's murder; Ameerul Islam approaches Supreme Court against death sentence

NEW DELHI: Ameerul Islam, an Assam native who was convicted in the murder of a law student in Perumbavoor, has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against his death sentence. In his petition, Ameerul pointed out that he had evidence to prove his innocence in the case. He also questioned the constitutionality of the death penalty in the petition.

Advocates Satheesh Mohanan, Subhash Chandran and Sreeram Parakkat filed the petition on behalf of Ameerul.

Earlier this year, the Kerala High Court had upheld the death penalty of the accused in the death of the law student. The trial court awarded the death sentence to the Assam native by accepting the prosecution's argument that it was the rarest of the rare cases.

The law student was murdered on April 28, 2016. Her postmortem report had revealed that she was also subjected to rape and had sustained 38 wounds on her body. Ameerul Islam, an Assam native, was later arrested on June 16 following the probe.