'New Lease Of Life': Supreme Court Stays Sentence Of Woman Convicted In Fiance’s Murder Case

Last Updated:July 15, 2025, 07:36 IST

The court also gave them eight weeks to seek a pardon from the Karnataka Governor, describing the case as one of "misjudged rebellion" and "romantic delusion."

The SC was addressing an appeal by Mahinoor Fatima Imran and others against the Telangana HC's division bench judgment that dismissed their appeal against a single judge's order. (Image: PTI/File)

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the arrest and life sentence of a woman and her boyfriend in a 2003 murder case, while upholding their conviction.

The case involves Shubha Shankar, who was convicted along with her boyfriend, Arun, and two others — Dinakaran and Venkatesh — for the murder of her fiance, Girish.

The court also gave them eight weeks to seek a pardon from the Karnataka Governor, describing the case as one of “misjudged rebellion" and “romantic delusion."

The court noted that most of the accused were teenagers at the time of the crime.

Taking a sympathetic view, the bench said the incident might not have occurred if the woman had not been pressured into marriage. These remarks came as the court dismissed the group’s appeal against a Karnataka High Court ruling.

“Voice of a young, ambitious girl, muffled by a forced family decision, created the fiercest of turmoil in her mind. This, backed by an unholy alliance of a mental rebellion and wild romanticism, led to the tragic murder of an innocent young man, while simultaneously destroying the lives of three others," the court said.

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