Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge Satyanarayan R. Navandar delivered the verdict on January 31, 2026, sentencing Jogdhankar to life imprisonment and imposing a Rs 25,000 fine.
- Prosecutors relied on circumstantial and forensic evidence, presenting 49 witnesses along with CCTV, FSL reports and DNA that found Kukreja’s blood on Jogdhankar’s shirt and placed him at the scene.
- The court found that Kukreja suffered 48 injuries and concluded Jogdhankar assaulted her on the staircase and pushed her from the second floor, causing her death.
- Judicial reasoning cited Jogdhankar’s post-incident conduct and inconsistent explanations, noting no circumstance pointed to his innocence.
- Kukreja was discovered in a pool of blood on the staircase at Bhagwati Heights in Khar after a New Year’s Eve party with Jogdhankar and Padalkar, whose presence was recorded but whose complicity was deemed doubtful.