Pronouncing the judgment in a jam-packed court room, Justices R S Sodhi and P K Bhasin ordered that "he (Singh) shall be hanged till death."

Singh was arrested in 1996 and tried, but the trial court headed by G P Thareja gave him the benefit of doubt and acquitted him of the charges.

Singh had been stalking Priyadarshini Mattoo for nearly two years following which she had lodged a complaint at two different police stations.

Image: A file picture of the main suspect in the Jessica Lal murder case Manu Sharma (top, left).
Santosh Singh (bottom, second from left) who was sentenced to death for raping and killing 23-year-old Priyadarshini Mattoo.

Photograph : Arko Datta and Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images

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