A Meerut court on September 30 convicted Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla of murdering Saurabh Rajput, according to complete reports from NDTV, Live Hindustan and ANI. District Judge Arvind Kumar Mishra delivered the verdict, with the two appearing through video conferencing, ANI reported. The punishment had not been announced in the accounts checked for this update.
NDTV reported that the court found the pair responsible for the killing and efforts to conceal evidence. The prosecution presented 22 witnesses alongside technical and physical material, according to ANI’s report and its interview with the prosecuting lawyer. The case concerns Rajput’s death in Meerut in March 2025.
The prosecutor told ANI that the court had allowed roughly 10 to 15 days for the sentencing stage and expressed support for the death penalty. Live Hindustan reported that the defence would have 15 days to put forward its position on punishment. A request for capital punishment is not a death sentence.
Before the verdict, the defence challenged the chain of circumstantial evidence and the investigation and recovery procedures, Live Hindustan reported. The court nevertheless returned guilty findings. The complete written judgment was not independently available for this report, so the precise statutory findings and sentencing schedule should be checked against the judicial record when released.