Karnataka high court to hear Pratibha killer plea on life term

The high court on Monday posted for final hearing the criminal appeal filed by Shiva Kumar, the cab driver, who was involved in the rape and murder of Pratibha, a BPO employee in 2005.

Kumar had filed the appeal after a city fast track court had sentenced him to life imprisonment. In his appeal, he had contended that there was no evidence against him.

Pratibha, who was working for a call centre in Electronics City, was assaulted and murdered on December 13, 2005 by Kumar, one of the drivers assigned by the company for their staff.

After a five-year-long trial, the 11th fast track court on October 8 last had delivered the sentence for the gruesome murder, an incident that led to revamping of security of women staff in the IT sector across India.