Jun 02 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Cops seek advice on trying Aruna assailant for murder  Ahmed Ali  Mumbai:    JJ Dean Lahane Seeks 42 Years' Jail For Walmiki The police have sought legal opinion to know whether murder charges can be pressed against So hanlal Walmi ki, who had sexually as saulted KEM nurse Aruna Shanbaug in 1973 and left her in a permanent vegetative state. Shanbaug died in the Parel hospital on May 18 after a cardio-respiratory arrest.“We have sought legal opinion on whether there is any scope to register or invoke IPC [section] 302 on Walmiki,“ joint commissioner of police (law and order) Deven Bharti said. Walmiki, who had been living in oblivion all these years, was recently traced to his village in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh by a Marathi news daily . He lives with his wife and children and works as a labourer to make ends meet. On Monday , dean of JJ Hospital Dr TP Lahane, while launching a Marathi biography on Shanbaug, Vyatha Arunachi (Aruna's Agony), written by journalist Neha Purav, urged that Walmiki should get 42 years. “Aruna endured pain for 42 years but Sohanlal was in jail only for seven years. If there is any provision in law, he should be given equal punishment,“ he said. KEM Hospital nurses observed Shanbaug's 68th birthday with a condolence meet on Monday . Matron Arundhati Vellhal said that they cut a cake and placed flowers in Shanbaug's room. Dean Dr Avinash Supe said that the room outside ward no. 4 that had been home to her for over four decades would be named after her. He said it would soon be thrown open for patient care.