The Delhi High
Court on Tuesday asked the police to respond to appeals filed by four convicts
in the case of murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan challenging their
conviction and life sentence.
A bench of
Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain issued notice to the police on the
appeals by Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljit Singh Malik and Ajay Kumar.
The high court
also asked the authorities to file reply to the convicts' interim application
seeking suspension of their sentence.
It listed the
application for hearing on February 12.
Soumya was shot
dead on September 30, 2008 while she was returning home in her car from office.
The police had
claimed robbery as the motive behind the killing of Soumya.