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'''Naina Sahni''' was the victim of the [[tandoor]] murder case.<ref name="Tandoor Murder Case">{{cite news |url= http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=25815 |title= Tandoor Murder Case: Sushill Sharma found guilty|date=3 November 2003|publisher=Express India}}</ref> On 2 July 1995, she was killed by her husband Sushil Sharma, a Congress youth leader and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] . Naina herself was a worker in the congress party. Sushil Sharma was [[convicted]] for the murder by the [[District Courts of India|Trial Court]], [[Delhi High Court]] and [[Supreme court of India|Supreme Court]]. On 8 December 2020, Sharma was not found guilty by the [[Supreme court of India|High Court]].<ref name="Timeline of events"/><ref name="Sushil Kumar spared noose in tandoor murder case">{{cite news|title=Sushil Kumar spared noose in tandoor murder case|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sushil-kumar-spared-noose-in-tandoor-murder-case/article5213147.ece|date=8 October 2013 | newspaper=The Hindu | first=J | last=Venkatesan | accessdate=22 October 2018}}</ref>

==Tandoor Murder Case==
Sushil Sharma objected to his wife Naina Sahni's friendship with Matloob Karim. Matloob and Naina were classmates and fellow Congress workers. Sushil suspected Naina of having an extramarital relationship with Matloob. On the night of 2 July 1995, Sushil came home and saw Naina talking on the phone and consuming [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]]. Naina, on seeing Sushil, hung up. Sushil redialed the phone to find Matloob on the other end. Enraged, he fatally shot Naina. He took the body to a [[restaurant]] called Bagiya and tried to dispose it off with the restaurant manager, Keshav Kumar. The body was put in a [[tandoor]] (clay oven) to burn.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/oct/28tandoor1.htm |title= Tandoor Case: Murder most foul|date= 28 October 2003}}</ref> Police arrested Keshav Kumar but Sharma managed to flee. He surrendered on 10 July 1995.<ref name="Timeline of events">{{cite news|title=Timeline of events|url=http://www.niticentral.com/2013/10/08/tandoor-case-timeline-of-events-142950.html|accessdate=8 October 2013|date=8 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109133141/http://www.niticentral.com/2013/10/08/tandoor-case-timeline-of-events-142950.html|archivedate=9 November 2013}}</ref> The case also involved the use of DNA evidence to establish the identity of the victim.

The first postmortem was conducted at [[Lady Hardinge Medical College|LHMC Delhi]], the cause of death was opined to be burn injuries. The second postmortem was ordered by [[Lieutenant Governor]] Delhi, which was conducted by a team of three doctors from three different hospitals headed by [[T.D Dogra|T D Dogra]]. They detected two bullets in head and neck region, opined cause of death due to firearm injuries. With that, the course of investigation changed and the actual story came to light. This case is a landmark citation for fruitful second [[autopsy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samachar.com/supreme-court-commutes-sharma-s-death-penalty-nkipOGehjja.html|title=Samachar.Com|date=8 October 2013|accessdate=2014-01-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201173540/http://www.samachar.com/supreme-court-commutes-sharma-s-death-penalty-nkipOGehjja.html|archivedate=1 February 2014}}</ref>
[[Delhi Police]] investigated the case and filed a [[chargesheet|charge sheet]] on 27 July 1995 in a [[District Courts of India|Sessions Court]]. On 7 November 2003, Sushil Sharma was [[Capital punishment in India|sentenced to death]] and restaurant manager, Keshav Kumar, was given seven years [[rigorous imprisonment]].<ref name="Timeline of events"/>

Sharma appealed against District Court Judgement in [[Delhi High Court]] trial court judgement. The Delhi High Court upheld the lower courts' decision.<ref name="Timeline of events"/> In 2003, a city court awarded him death sentence which was later upheld by the Delhi High Court in 2007. In 2013, the SC commuted his death sentence stating that there was "no evidence" of Sharma chopping his wife’s body.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/tandoor-murder-case-delhi-hc-seeks-explanation-for-rejecting-sushil-sharma-s-release/story-rq7b6R83331EYrhyxxmZgP.html |title=‘Tandoor’ murder case: Delhi HC seeks explanation for rejecting Sushil Sharma’s release| accessdate=18 December 2020 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> On 8 October 2013, a three-judge bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Justices Ranjana Desai and Ranjan Gogoi of the Supreme Court upheld Sharma's conviction. However, the court commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment because Sharma doesn't have a criminal antecedent and it is not a crime against society, but it is a crime committed by the accused due to a strained personal relationship with his wife.<ref name="Sushil Kumar spared noose in tandoor murder case"/>

On 21 December 2018, Delhi High Court ordered immediate release of Sushil Sharma.<ref>{{cite news |title=Release tandoor killer Sushil Sharma from jail: Delhi High Court |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tandoor-murder-case-convict-sushil-sharma-immediate-release-delhi-court-order-1414492-2018-12-21 | date=21 December 2018 | accessdate=24 August 2020 |work=India Today}}</ref>

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== External links ==
* http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan31/edit.htm#1

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