Why the judge discarded his pen after sentencing Muskan & Sahil to death

A pen thrown into the dustbin, a death sentence after years, and a reference to the Mahabharata. Why did Meerut District Judge Arvind Kumar Mishra discard his pen after sentencing Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla to death in the blue drum murder case? We explain the courtroom tradition, the judge’s Mahabharata analogy, and what happens next in the legal process, including confirmation of the death sentence by the Allahabad High Court.