Man gets life term for poisoning wife

TNN Jul 27, 2012

NEW DELHI: A trial court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife by administering pesticide in a glass of water that he gave her to drink.

Relying on the depositions of his three minor children and also the medical evidence, district judge P S Teji held 38-year-old Vikas Gupta of Mandawali guilty of murder (Section 302) under IPC. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

"It has already been established that it was the accused (Gupta) who gave cockroach killing pesticide to the deceased after mixing it in water. So, the medical evidence as well as FSL report establishes the case of prosecution that the accused committed the murder of his wife by administering poison to her," the court said.

The court, while convicting Gupta, took on record the statements of the couple's three children who testified that their father, who was an alcoholic, had killed their mother in front of them.

In his testimony, the couple's son said when his mother started vomiting with froth coming out of her mouth, his father kept watching, refusing to anything to save her. He said his mother's condition deteriorated soon after she consumed the water which his father had given to her.

The court also rejected Gupta's plea of alibi that he was not present at home when his wife consumed poison. "The eye witnesses (children) have categorically deposed against the accused that he administered intoxicant to the deceased after mixing it in water. So, the plea of alibi taken by the accused appears to be false," the district judge said.

Gupta murdered his wife and then took her to hospital along with other family members, said the court, adding that the case, however, does not fall into the category of rarest of rare crime warranting death penalty. The court gave him life term noting that he has three children and old parents to support.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-27/delhi/32888011_1_life-imprisonment-life-term-fsl-report

Man stays in jail for 3 years despite bail

TNN Jul 28, 2012

AHMEDABAD: A loot accused who was granted bail in 2009 never got out of jail because the court order did not reach the jail where he was lodged.

Aslam Shaikh alias Doocho was arrested by the Bawla police in Ahmedabad in 2008. He, along with some others, was charged with abduction of a person, made him sit in a car at knife point and robbed him of Rs 90,000.

On May 13, 2009, Justice Abhilasha Kumari granted him bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 10,000 and solvency of equal amount. The court permitted Shaikh's lawyer to serve the order directly to the lower court and the jail authority.

However, Shaikh recently moved a fresh bail plea after his lawyers gave up the hunt for the missing order and documents related to his bail.

When the plea came up before Justice Kumari again, she was shocked to find that the accused remained in the jail for three years despite her order. The court has sought an explanation from the state government on the issue. The court got annoyed particularly when no public prosecutor turned up for explanation despite repeated reminders. The government pleader has been asked to explain the matter on Monday.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-28/ahmedabad/32906550_1_personal-bond-jail-authority-public-prosecutor

Man gets life term for killing lover

TNN | Aug 3, 2012

NEW DELHI: A trial court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing a woman with whom he had extramarital relations, to save his marriage. 

Additional sessions judge Rajneesh Kumar Gupta found that Raja Ram, 42, had extramarital relations with Daropadi and killed her as his wife used to quarrel with him over the issue. "It is evident that the accused has a motive to commit the murder of the deceased in order to restore his peaceful relation with his wife," the court noted. 

Raja Ram, a resident of west Delhi and a father of two minor daughters, was handed down life term for killing his neighbour Daropadi by gagging her and hitting her head with a brick. The prosecution case was that on June 20, 2010, Daropadi's son Rajesh came back home from work and found his mother lying in a pool of blood with her mouth gagged with a stole. 

She also had injuries on her head besides a hole in her cheek and bruises near the eyes, which appeared to be the fist marks and a blood stained brick was lying nearby, said the prosecution, adding that Rajesh rushed her to the hospital where she was declared brought dead. 

The victim's son was told by his neighbour Salima Begum that she had seen Ram watching TV with Daropadi just before her death. 

Rajesh also deposed that a year before the murder, Raja Ram, a mason, had repaired their shelter but did not charge any fee for the same. He said Ram developed love relationship with his mother and despite objections by his (Ram's) wife, he met the victim regularly. 

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