New Delhi: In the Priyadarshini Mattoo case, the Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence to life for Santosh Singh, the man accused of murdering the 23-year- old law student.
"We are shattered and dismayed," said CL Mattoo, Priyadarshini's father, to NDTV. "We had expected better treatment from the courts."
Priyadarshini was strangled at her home in Vasant Kunj in Delhi in January 1996. Santosh Singh was her classmate.
That verdict reversed an earlier decision by a lower court in Delhi which had acquitted Singh.
"We are shattered and dismayed," said CL Mattoo, Priyadarshini's father, to NDTV. "We had expected better treatment from the courts."
Priyadarshini was strangled at her home in Vasant Kunj in Delhi in January 1996. Santosh Singh was her classmate.
That verdict reversed an earlier decision by a lower court in Delhi which had acquitted Singh.
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