Aarushi Murder Case: Allahabad High Court Grants relief for parents

Allahabad OCT 12: The Allahabad High Court has granted relief to parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, acquited them and quashed their conviction in the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.

A Division Bench, comprising Justices A.K. Mishra and B.K. Narayana, has passed the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Talwars said that " the parents didn't murder their child."

Earlier a special CBI court in Ghaziabad in November 2013 has sentenced the couple to life imprisonment and They were also convicted of the destruction of evidence with common intent,
while Rajesh was additionally convicted of giving a false statement to the police.



Aarushi Talwar, 14, was found dead at her residence in Jalvayu Vihar in Noida in the morning of May 16, 2008. The body of Hemraj, who was initially suspected of her murder, was found on the terrace of the flat the following day.

The case was handed over to the CBI after the Noida police were criticised for a botched up investigation, leading to the loss of crucial forensic evidence.

A Hindi Film 'TalVar' was also released based on the incidents of the Double Murder case.