Soumya Vishwanathan, who worked with a leading English news channel, was shot dead in the early hours of September 30, 2008 on Nelson Mandela Marg in south Delhi while she was returning home from work in her car.
A bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain issued notice to the police on the appeals by Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljit Singh Malik and Ajay Kumar. The high court also asked the authorities to file reply to the convicts interim application seeking suspension of their sentence. It listed the application for hearing on February 12.
Vishwanathan, an employee of a prominent English news channel, was shot dead in the early hours of September 30, 2008, on Nelson Mandela Marg in south Delhi as she was returning home from work. The police said that the motive behind the crime was robbery.
A hand tattoo, a wireless set stolen from a policeman, and CCTV footage helped Delhi Police crack the case of the killing of IT professional Jigisha Ghosh and eventually led the investigators to the killers of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan.