A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Monday announced its verdict in the Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj twin murder case.
Special Judge S Lal delivered the verdict convicting Aarushi's parents, Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, on charges of murder and destruction of evidence.
Rajesh Talwar has been charged under Sections 302/34 (murder with common intention) and 201 (destruction of evidence with common intention) Section 203 (giving false information in respect of an offence committed) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Nupur Talwar has been charged under Sections 302/34 (murder with common intention) and 201 (destruction of evidence with common intention) of the IPC.
The verdict came after a 15-month-long trial of. The dentist couple has been taken into the police custody and will be sent to Dasna jail.
Court will announce the punishment tomorrow at 10.30 am.
A statement from Rajesh and Nupur Talwar has read that they will appeal against the court’s verdict in High Court.
The apex court had earlier rejected a plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar to summon 14 witnesses, including former CBI official Arun Kumar, to give their depositions in the murder trial of Aarushi and Hemraj.
The Talwars had then filed their plea challenging the special CBI court's rejection of their plea for calling witnesses, including the ADG (Law and Order) and then CBI Joint Director Arun Kumar, to record their statements in the Allahabad High Court.
The Allahabad High Court had earlier also rejected the plea filed by the Talwars.
Aarushi, 14, was found dead with her throat slit at her Noida residence on May 16, 2008 and the body of her domestic help Hemraj was recovered from the terrace a day later.
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