Hajipur killer appeals against death penalty

HYDERABAD: Hajipur serial killer Marri Srinivas Reddy filed an appeal challenging the death penalty awarded to him by the trial court.
The trial court too referred the judgment seeking confirmation of its capital punishment order.
The bench of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A Abhishek Reddy admitted both pleas and issued notices to the respondents.The bench appointed senior counsel T Niranjan Reddy as amicus curiae in the case. Srinivas Reddy was convicted in the rape and murder of three girls. He was awarded death in two cases and life in one case.