Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar face a minimum sentence of life in prison.
Dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, found guilty of murdering their teen daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj at their home in May 2008, are expected to be sentenced by a court in Uttar Pradesh today.
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The Talwars face a minimum sentence of life in prison. Their lawyer has said they will challenge the judgement in a higher court. ('Inconsolable' Talwar couple refuses dinner in jail, say officials)
They were taken to a jail in Ghaziabad yesterday after the CBI court convicted them of murder, destruction of evidence and misleading investigators.(Nupur, Rajesh Talwar guilty of murdering daughter Aarushi, domestic help)
The Talwars said in a statement yesterday that they were "deeply disappointed, hurt and anguished for being convicted for a crime that we have not committed. We refuse to feel defeated and will continue to fight for justice." (Anguished but will fight for justice: Talwars)
While pronouncing the verdict, Judge Shyam Lal compared the couple to "freaks in the history of mankind where the father and mother became the killer of their own progeny."(Aarushi Talwar case: 'freaks in the history of mankind', says judge)
He also added that they have been found guilty "of secreting and obliterating the evidence of the commission of the murders to screen themselves from legal punishment."
13-year-old Aarushi was found with her throat slit in her bedroom at the family apartment in Noida on May 16, 2008. Because Hemraj was missing, he was declared the suspect. But hours later, his corpse was found on the terrace of the apartment building.
Rajesh Talwar was arrested seven days after the murder and spent two months in jail before being granted bail when the CBI said it had no evidence against him.
Later, his wife Nupur was jailed for five months for ignoring orders to appear in court.
The CBI says its case is based on the "last-seen theory" -- which holds that the victims were last seen with the Talwars.
The Talwars and their lawyers have pointed out that there is no evidence against them - a fact acknowledged by the CBI on different occasions, most notably in December 2010 when it sought permission in court to close the case.
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