Lucknow: After the additional district and sessions judge Ravikumar Diwakar in Uttar Pradesh delivered 22 death sentences in 10 cases in about 4 months, about 100 murder cases were transferred to the court of the district and sessions judge through an administrative order, according to reports.
According to a PTI report, government counsel Kuldeep Kumar said cases involving offences punishable with death or life imprisonment were transferred from the fast-track court headed by Diwakar to the court of District and Sessions Judge Virendra Kumar Singh.
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Reports claim that there have been apprehensions among the lawyers and litigants over the possibility of the court awarding capital punishment.
