Priyadarshini Mattoo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Priyadarshini Mattoo
Occupation	Student
Date Of Birth	Jul 23, 1970(1970-07-23)
Age	54
Date Of Death	January 23, 1996, New Delhi, India
Birthplace	Srinagar
Country	India
Birth City	Jammu and Kashmir
Horoscope	Cancer

Priyadarshini Mattoo Biography

Priyadarshini Mattoo is one of the most popular and richest Student who was born on July 23, 1970 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Priyadarshini was in the third-year of her law program, when she was found strangled in her uncle’s residence. She had been raped, struck 14 times with a motorcycle helmet, and finally strangled with a wire. Santosh Kumar Singh, her senior in college, had been stalking and harassing her for several years, and was the immediate suspect. But Santosh came from an influential family – his father J.P. Singh was then Inspector General of Police in Pondicherry – in the course of the trial he served as Joint Commissioner of Police in Delhi, where the crime had been committed. In view of these connections, the court handed over investigation of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In 1995, Priyadarshini had complained that Santosh Singh was harassing and stalking her. She had been provided with a personal security officer at the time. In retaliation, Santosh had lodged a complaint with the university alleging that she was pursuing two degrees simultaneously. However, it turned out that Priyadarshini had passed M.Com in 1991 and the complaint was merely malicious. On the morning of 23 January 1996, Santosh was seen knocking for entrance into Priyadarshini’s uncle’s house, where she was living, in the Vasant Kunj area of Delhi. A servant saw Santosh entering her house, apparently saying that he wanted a compromise in their legal complaints. Subsequently he raped her, strangled her with an electric wire and then battered her face beyond recognition with a motorcycle helmet. Santosh’s presence in the house after the murder was also established by the prosecution.

Delivering the ironical and widely criticized judgment in the trial court proceedings in 1999, the Additional Sessions Judge. G.P. Thareja said of Santosh, that though he knew that “he is the man who committed the crime,” he was forced to acquit him, giving him the benefit of doubt.

Priyadarshini Mattoo Net Worth

Priyadarshini Mattoo is one of the richest Student from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Priyadarshini Mattoo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Priyadarshini Mattoo (23 July 1970 – 23 January 1996) was a 25-year-old law student who was found raped and murdered at her house in New Delhi on 23 January 1996. On 17 October 2006, the Delhi High Court found Santosh Kumar Singh guilty on both counts of rape and murder and on 30 October of the same year sentenced him to death. On 6 October 2010, the Supreme Court of India commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. Santosh Kumar Singh, the son of a Inspector-General of Police, had earlier been acquitted by a trial court in 1999, and the High Court decision was widely perceived in India as a landmark reversal. This decision was overturned as the facts were not presented correctly in the lower court.

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On 31 August 2006, six years after the initial appeal by CBI, justices RS Sodhi and PK Bhasin took up the case on a day-to-day hearing basis, which is extremely rare in India. Judgment was reached within 42 days which is quite unprecedented.

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Rachel Ranked on the list of most popular Student. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Priyadarshini Mattoo celebrates birthday on July 23 of every year.

In October 2010, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Santosh Kumar Singh but reduced the death sentence to life imprisonment. Priyadarshini’s father expressed disappointment with the CBI for failing to appeal against this decision.