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HARIDWAR: The court of additional district judge Sanjeev Kumar in Haridwar sentenced a woman, her son and a neighbour to life in jail for the murder of her daughter Shivani in 2017.
The court found Shivani’s mother, Mithlesh Devi, brother Saurabh and neighbour Sunil guilty under IPC Sections 302 (murder), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), 120-b (criminal conspiracy), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence, or giving false information) and 506 (criminal intimidation). The court held their neighbour Sirmaur Singh responsible for tampering of evidence and sentenced him to seven years of rigorous imprisonment.
Shivani was in a relationship with Ajay Singh who she intended to marry and this enraged her family. In October 2017, her mother and brother, with the help of neighbours, decided to eliminate her. A police chargesheet mentioned that she was “strangled to death and cremated soon after”.
Additional district government counsel Raj Kumar told TOI on Saturday, “A case was registered against five accused, including the victim’s maternal uncle Ashok. Police gave Ashok a clean chit and filed a chargesheet against Mithlesh Devi, Saurabh, Sunil and Sirmaur Singh (all residents of Buggawala in Haridwar). There was no independent witness in the case as Shivani was killed at home and cremated in secrecy.”
He added, “A phone conversation between Shivani and complainant Ajay Singh, which took place moments before crime when the former called her and shared her apprehension, emerged as key evidence.”
The court found Shivani’s mother, Mithlesh Devi, brother Saurabh and neighbour Sunil guilty under IPC Sections 302 (murder), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), 120-b (criminal conspiracy), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence, or giving false information) and 506 (criminal intimidation). The court held their neighbour Sirmaur Singh responsible for tampering of evidence and sentenced him to seven years of rigorous imprisonment.
Shivani was in a relationship with Ajay Singh who she intended to marry and this enraged her family. In October 2017, her mother and brother, with the help of neighbours, decided to eliminate her. A police chargesheet mentioned that she was “strangled to death and cremated soon after”.
Additional district government counsel Raj Kumar told TOI on Saturday, “A case was registered against five accused, including the victim’s maternal uncle Ashok. Police gave Ashok a clean chit and filed a chargesheet against Mithlesh Devi, Saurabh, Sunil and Sirmaur Singh (all residents of Buggawala in Haridwar). There was no independent witness in the case as Shivani was killed at home and cremated in secrecy.”
He added, “A phone conversation between Shivani and complainant Ajay Singh, which took place moments before crime when the former called her and shared her apprehension, emerged as key evidence.”
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