The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence imposed on a man for killing his 20-year-old girlfriend in a hotel room in 2008 and then attempting to kill himself. Terming the incident as a case of gruesome murder of a girl at the hands of her boyfriend, a division bench of Justices Prasanna Varale and Shrikant Kulkarni noted that the 19 injuries found on the victim's body clearly indicated the way the accused had planned to eliminate her.

The High Court had passed the order on June 27 and a copy of the same was made available on Wednesday.