A local court has sentenced a 70-year-old woman to life imprisonment for the crime of burning her daughter-in-law alive in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. Apart from this, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on him. This incident took place on December 20, 2017 at Amodha village under Gugli District Police Station area.
Additional Sessions Judge Pawan Kumar Srivastava on Tuesday sentenced Kaushalya Devi, convicted of murdering her daughter-in-law Aarti Gaur (23) for not meeting her dowry demand, to life imprisonment. Government lawyer Santosh Kumar Mishra said the criminal burnt her daughter-in-law alive by throwing oil on her.
The government lawyer said that based on the complaint of Jai Prakash Gaur, the father of the deceased woman, a case was registered against Kaushalya Devi under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. Nine people testified during the case hearing. The court later sentenced the culprit to life imprisonment.
Let us tell you that in August, the husband and mother-in-law of a deceased woman were sentenced to life imprisonment in a dowry death case in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Justice Abhay Srivastava also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 each on convicted husband Darshan Singh (29) and his mother Kamlesh Devi (63).
Deputy district government advocate Anup Koharwala had said that the woman’s father Pramod Kumar, a resident of CBganj area of Bareilly city, had lodged a complaint at Fatehganj West police station in the year 2021. that her daughter was married to Darshan Singh of Chaneta village in the year 2020. It was.
Her daughter’s husband and mother-in-law used to harass her ever since she got married. They demanded a refrigerator and Rs 2 lakh from him. That’s why she used to be worried. As their dowry demand was not met, the accused murdered the victim on February 6, 2021. Rope marks were found on the victim’s neck in the autopsy.
