A local court in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh has sentenced the husband and in-laws to the crime of murdering their wife for dowry in 2018. The court has sentenced the husband to 10 years in jail and his mother and father to seven years in jail. Let us tell you that in the year 2018, the accused husband had sprinkled kerosene oil on his wife and set her on fire over dowry.
Actually, Shashikala, daughter of Krishna Singh, resident of Buxar district of Bihar, was married to Dharmendra Verma, resident of Kopwa Bahadurpur village in February 2012. In 2018, on the night of 13-14 September, Sasikala was sprinkled with kerosene and set on fire over dowry demand. After this, his family was informed about the incident after five days.
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Complaint was lodged at Phephna police station
As soon as the information was received, Krishna Singh lodged a complaint at Phephna police station and lodged an FIR under sections 304B (dowry death), 498 (cruelty to a woman by her husband or his relative) of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Went. After completing the investigation, the police filed a charge sheet against the three accused in the court, after which the court found all three guilty and sentenced them.
The Superintendent of Police said this in the matter
Ballia Superintendent of Police Vikrant Veer said that the court of Additional District Judge Ravi Kiran Singh found husband Dharmendra Verma, father Bechan Prasad Verma and mother Manju Devi guilty of conspiring and carrying out the murder. After this, the court sentenced the husband to 10 years in jail and his mother and father to seven years in jail. The police officer further said, apart from the jail sentence, the court has also imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 on each convict.