Bengaluru, Oct. 16 -- The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday rejected clemency petitions of Shubha Shankaranarayana and D Arun Verma, who are serving life sentences for December 2003 murder of Shubha's fiance, software engineer BV Girish, in Bengaluru. The Cabinet held the killing was premeditated and exceptionally brutal, and that the pleas could not be accepted under the applicable legal framework. "It has been rejected because there is no scope in the law for it. We took an opinion from the Law Department before placing the matter before the Cabinet. The recommendation will be sent to Governor Sudha Yadav for a final decision on the petitions," said home minister Priyank Kharge. The petitions followed a July 14, 2025, Supreme Court order upho...