The Supreme Court recently passed a stay order on the capital punishment of Sushil Sharma, the main accused in the infamous 1995 Tandoor murder case. The apex bench, consisting Justices S B Sinha and Markandey Katju, referred the case after admitting Sharma’s plea, to a larger bench of three judges for further hearing.

A petition was filed by Sharma in the apex court challenging the order of the Delhi High Court defending the decision of a lower Court and confirming his capital punishment.

On July 2, 1995, Sharma, an ex- leader of Youth Congress, shot his wife Naina Sahani at point blank range and disposed off her body in a tandoor. The second accused called Keshav Kumar, the owner of the Bagia restaurant, who had helped Sharma to dispose the body, was sent to jail for seven years, which has already been served by him.

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