Maharashtra High Court has passed this judgement of the death penalty to a person who has burnt their wife, son, and father-in-law
A sessions court in Gondia, Maharashtra, which is a suburb of the capital city, recently announced the death sentence for a man who burnt his wife, son and father-in-law on frozen February last year.
The judgment was given on May 9. by Additional Sessions Judge NB Lavte.
The police department’s press statement released by Gondia’s Superintendent Police (SP) disclosed that the criminal used to suspect his wife’s loyalty and would often dispute against her.
On February 14, 2023, which falls on a Monday, his maternal home was the place where this incident happened when his father-in-law had already been asleep and was doused with petrol leading to him getting set ablaze. When his wife and 4-year-old son came into the picture, he burnt all of them and their house to the ground.
The grandfather in-law was killed on the spot while the wife and son had to stop breathing about a week later due to the injuries.
One day later the FIR was lodged under Sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt of murder), 436 (rampage by means of fire or any explosives) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC, which brought the accused into custody to be produced before the court on February 16, 2023.
The sessions court, which based its verdict on seized material, circumstantial evidence, CCTV footage and witness statements, convicted the accused of offenses under sections 302 and 436 of the IPC.
For the crime under Section 302 he ordered death penalty and also fine amounting to ₹10,000. Therein, the Sections 436 is conferred on the offender with a life imprisonment and pay a fine amounting to ₹10,000.
In the Bombay High Court, under Section 366 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a reference has been made for the confirmation of the death sentence.
The thing to note here is that the provision requires that the matter be taken to the High Court when a sessions court passes a verdict of death penalty. The death sentence can’t be carried out unless it is sent back by the High Court for confirmation.
The State of Maharashtra was presented in the sessions court as capable by SPCP Vijay Kolhe who was supported by lawyer Vedant Pandey.
