Delhi riots 2020: Why Tahir Hussain escaped death penalty in IB officer Ankit Sharma murder case
A Delhi court sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of IB officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
The court rejected the prosecution's plea for the death penalty, ruling that it failed to prove the convicts were beyond reformation.
The prosecution had argued the case was 'rarest of rare', citing that Sharma sustained 51 injuries, with seven independently sufficient to cause death.
Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh delivered the sentence at Delhi's Karkardooma Court on July 31, 2026.
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