97 case files recalled from UP judge who gave 22 death orders in 4 months
In Muzaffarnagar, 97 pending files involving murder and other serious crimes have been returned to the district and sessions judge Birendra Kumar Singh from additional district and sessions judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar's court. This decision came after it was revealed that Diwakar had given death sentences to 22 convicts in 10 cases over a span of four months.
Diwakar's total number of capital punishment verdicts during his career now stands at 35, including 13 in Bareilly. None of these death sentences can be carried out until confirmed by the high court.
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