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Murder convictions in Uttar Pradesh

Overview

Legal proceedings in Uttar Pradesh have resulted in convictions for individuals involved in the murders of their spouses.

In Meerut, a court sentenced a woman and her lover to death for the April 2025 murder of her husband. The pair had allegedly attempted to stage the death as an accidental snakebite by placing a snake near the victim, but forensic evidence confirmed the cause of death was asphyxia.

In Bulandshahr, an Additional District Judge sentenced a woman and her lover to life imprisonment for the murder of her husband. The court found that the duo, along with an accomplice, fatally beat the victim. The investigation cited an extramarital affair as the motive, supported by DNA evidence regarding the victim’s child.

Entities

Uttar Pradesh · Meerut Court · Ravita Kashyap · Ravita · Muskan Rastogi

Timeline

  1. [CRIME] 2 sources
    Bulandshahr court sentences woman and lover to life imprisonment for murder

    A Bulandshahr court has sentenced Preeti Sharma and her lover Yogesh to life imprisonment for the murder of Rajkumar, following evidence including a negative DNA report.

  2. [CRIME] 5 sources
    Meerut court sentences woman and lover to death for husband's murder

    A Meerut court sentenced a woman and her lover to death for murdering her husband and attempting to frame the death as a snakebite by placing a live snake near his body.

Sources

desitalkchicago.com · hindi.news18.com · latestly.com · millenniumpost.in · news18.com · tv9hindi.com