Life sentence for husband convicted of killing wife

Shamli. A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district has sentenced a husband to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 75,000 for killing his wife by hitting her with a shovel. Angry over not getting salad in the food, the accused had attacked his wife and son with a shovel two years ago, in which the woman was killed, while his son was seriously injured. District Government Advocate Sanjay Chauhan told that on May 31, 2021, Murli, a resident of Gogwan Jalalpur village of Babri police station area, was upset over not getting salad in the food and attacked his wife Sudesh and son Ajay with a shovel, in which the woman died. While her son was seriously injured. One eye of the young man was completely damaged in the attack. Accused’s cousin Ramnivas had lodged a report of the incident at Babri police station. The investigator after investigating the case filed the charge sheet in the court. The matter was pending in the court of Kairana-based District and Sessions Judge Greesh Kumar Vaish. A total of 13 witnesses were presented before the court on behalf of the prosecution in the case, in which the brother, son and nephew of the deceased also testified. DGC Sanjay Chauhan pleaded the case in the court on behalf of the prosecution. On Saturday, after listening to the arguments of the senior advocates of both the parties and perusing the files, the district judge convicted the accused Murli and sentenced him to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 75,000.