New Delhi, July 9 (IANS): The Delhi High Court Wednesday posted for July 16 the parole plea of Sushil Sharma, awarded life imprisonment for murdering his wife Naina Sahni and throwing her body into a Delhi restaurant's tandoor.
Justice Mukta Gupta transferred the case to a regular bench for next Wednesday's hearing.
Sharma has sought parole for three months, saying he needs to take care of his ailing mother who was advised to undergo a knee surgery and physiotherapy.
Sharma, a former Youth Congress leader, was convicted for murdering his wife Sahni, whom he suspected of infidelity.
July 2, 1995, he shot her with his licenced revolver, took her body to a restaurant, chopped the body into small pieces and tried to burn it in the restaurant's tandoor (oven).
A city court convicted Sharma Nov 7, 2003, awarding him death penalty.
The high court upheld his death sentence in February 2007. The Supreme Court October 8, 2013, commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment.