CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Indore, In Indore, the court has sentenced the husband to life imprisonment in the case of strangling his wife to death. On the basis of circumstantial evidence, it was found that the husband had strangled his wife to death in anger. District Public Prosecution Officer Sanjeev Shrivastava said that on 27 June 2024, the court of Hidayat Ullah Khan, Additional Sessions Judge, Depalpur District Indore, pronounced the verdict in the session case of Betma police station.

 

Accused Ravi Mohania, resident of Betma, has been sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 in the case of section 302. In the case, the prosecution was represented by Additional Public Prosecutor Shivnath Singh Mawai, Depalpur District Indore, under the direction of the District Public Prosecution Officer. In fact, on 8 February 2019, the complainant Dinesh Dangi came to the police station and informed that he went to his sister Annu's house and as soon as he entered the house, his sister Annu was lying unconscious. His brother-in-law accused Ravi was standing near the deceased. He asked his brother-in-law accused Ravi what happened to Annu, then his brother-in-law (accused) said that he too has just come home, he does not know.

The complainant Dinesh shook Annu and checked her, there was a mark on Annu's neck. He called Rakesh, Jitendra, Bhagirath and Bharat and took his sister Annu in unconscious state to Betma Government Hospital. Where Dr. Chaudhary declared his sister dead.

When the complainant wrote a report about the death of his sister Annu under suspicious circumstances, the case number 07/19 of Betma police station was taken into investigation under section 174. During the case investigation, the Panchnama of the deceased's body was made by the Executive Magistrate. While examining the dead body during the inquest, it was found that the deceased's neck was swollen and had injury marks as if she had been strangulated.

In the postmortem report, the doctor stated that the deceased died due to suffocation caused by strangulation. During the inquest, statements of witnesses Pawan, Rakesh, Dinesh, Bharat were recorded. On the basis of the statements of the aforesaid witnesses and the circumstances found in the inquest, it was found that on 8 February 2019, the deceased Annu was killed by her husband, accused Ravi, in a fit of rage, by strangulating her during a quarrel.

During the investigation of the case, a steel scissor and a dupatta etc. were seized from the scene of the incident. The accused was arrested. In this case, the police presented a challan in the court, for which the accused was sentenced.