US Court To Announce Sentence In Pannun Murder Conspiracy Case In November

Washi gto :
A
US
fede al
cou t
has
defe ed
the
se te ci g
of
Nikhil
Gupta,
who
pleaded
guilty
to
plotti g
the
assassi atio
of
Sikh
sepa atist
Gu patwa t
Si gh
Pa u ,
to
Novembe
20.

The
fede al
cou t
fo
the
Southe
Dist ict
of
New
Yo k
had
o igi ally
scheduled
Gupta’s
se te ci g
fo
Septembe
25
but
delayed
the
hea i g
followi g
a
equest
f om
the
“i te ded
mu de
victim& dquo;.

While
cou t
fili gs
do
ot
ame
the
victim,
Pa u ‘s
cou sel
has
publicly
ide tified
himself
as
the
ta get
of
the
alleged
mu de -fo -hi e
plot.

I
a
lette
filed
befo e
the
US
Dist ict
Cou t
fo
the
Southe
Dist ict
of
New
Yo k,
p osecuto s
stated
the
u amed
victim
“wishes
to
pa ticipate
i
the
se te ci g& dquo;
a d
equested
the
Septembe
25
hea i g
be
adjou ed
because
he
would
be
out
of
the
cou t y
at
that
time.

Judge
Victo
Ma e o
g a ted
the
equest,
escheduli g
Gupta& squo;s
se te ci g
to
Novembe
20
at
10
am.

O
Feb ua y
13,
Gupta
pleaded
guilty
to
all
th ee
cou ts:
mu de -fo -hi e,
co spi acy
to
commit
mu de -fo -hi e,
a d
co spi acy
to
commit
mo ey
lau de i g
i
co ectio
with
the
plot
to
kill
Pa u .

The
cha ge
of
mu de -fo -hi e
ca ies
a
maximum
se te ce
of
10
yea s
i
p iso ,
co spi acy
to
commit
mu de -fo -hi e
att acts
a
maximum
se te ce
of
10
yea s
i
p iso ,
a d
co spi acy
to
commit
mo ey
lau de i g
ca ies
a
maximum
se te ce
of
20
yea s
i
p iso .

Gupta
was
a ested
i
the
Czech
Republic
o
Ju e
30,
2023,
a d
ext adited
to
the
US
a
yea
late .& bsp;

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