AMCH Doctor murder case: Dibrugarh Court Sentences ward boy to life imprisonment
Guwahati: In a significant development, the Dibrugarh District and Sessions Court after nine years delivered its verdict on May 18, awarding life imprisonment to Kiro Mech for the brutal murder of Dr Sarita Toshniwal, a medical student at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH).
The court convicted Mech under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Previously, on May 17, the Dibrugarh court had found ward boy Kiro Mech guilty of the murder of Dr Sarita Toshniwal. In a notable turn of events, the court acquitted junior doctor Deepmoni Saikia of all charges.
The tragic incident occurred on May 9, 2014, when Dr Sarita Toshniwal, a 24-year-old postgraduate medical student, was brutally murdered in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the gynaecology department at AMCH.
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