Man gets life in prison for wife’s murder over dowry
6 convicted Sachin Yadav , a daily-wage earner, of strangling his wife Roshni at their home in Keshopur village under Barnahal police station of Mainpuri district on May 29, 2024. The court acquitted Sachin’s parents, Chandraprakash and Kamla Devi, of all charges, including dowry death, cruelty and murder under section 302/34 of the IPC.
They told the court that they had lodged the complaint at the behest of villagers and that the accused had neither demanded dowry nor tortured Roshni. “After examining the evidence, the court found Sachin guilty under section 302 IPC and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs 25,000,” Chauhan said. Additional sessions judge Bishnu Kumar Mishra of Court No. During the trial, Ajay and Meena Kumari (Roshni’s brother and sister) turned hostile. In default of payment, Sachin will undergo an additional year of simple imprisonment. The period already spent in custody will be adjusted against his sentence.
Agra : A Mainpuri court has sentenced a man (30) to life imprisonment for murdering his wife, while acquitting his parents in a case that began with allegations of dowry death. The verdict came despite the key prosecution witnesses turning hostile.