The Supreme Court today (06) confirmed the death sentences imposed by the High Court Trial-at-Bar on four accused, including Swiss Kumar , in the abduction, gang rape and murder of 18-year-old schoolgirl Sivaloganathan Vidya in the Jaffna District in 2015.
However, the court also ordered the acquittal of two other accused in the case. In 2017, the Trial-at-Bar of the Jaffna High Court sentenced seven accused to death after finding them guilty in the case. The appeals before the Supreme Court were filed seeking acquittal and release from that sentence.
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