<p>"We are extremely unhappy with the sentence. We have been shattered. It could not get worse than this," Grover told reporters here.<br /><br />"It's surprising and shocking that the two people who committed the same crime have been punished differently. They deserved the death penalty for the brutal murder of my son," he added.<br /><br />Asked whether he would move a higher court challenging the sentence, Grover replied: "Owing to health and financial reasons, we would not be in a position to do it independently. However, I will appeal to the state that the case should be reviewed."<br /><br />A Mumbai court Friday awarded Kannada actress Maria Susairaj a sentence of three years, while her boyfriend Emile Jerome - a former naval officer - was given 10 years imprisonment in the Grover murder case.<br /><br />In 2008, Neeraj Grover was killed in a flat in Malad West, 25 km from Mumbai. His body was then hacked into pieces and disposed of near Manor in Thane district.</p>
<p>"We are extremely unhappy with the sentence. We have been shattered. It could not get worse than this," Grover told reporters here.<br /><br />"It's surprising and shocking that the two people who committed the same crime have been punished differently. They deserved the death penalty for the brutal murder of my son," he added.<br /><br />Asked whether he would move a higher court challenging the sentence, Grover replied: "Owing to health and financial reasons, we would not be in a position to do it independently. However, I will appeal to the state that the case should be reviewed."<br /><br />A Mumbai court Friday awarded Kannada actress Maria Susairaj a sentence of three years, while her boyfriend Emile Jerome - a former naval officer - was given 10 years imprisonment in the Grover murder case.<br /><br />In 2008, Neeraj Grover was killed in a flat in Malad West, 25 km from Mumbai. His body was then hacked into pieces and disposed of near Manor in Thane district.</p>