In the murder of a six-year-old child in Bhopal, the court of Principal District and Sessions Judge Manoj Kumar Srivastava sentenced the woman and her minor brother to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1000 was imposed on each.
Two years ago, the woman and her brother killed a child playing outside the house. The accused had a property dispute with the child's father. To harass the father, they strangled the child to death.
Special Public Prosecutor Sudhavijay Singh Bhadauria told that Shahida Bi, a resident of Jada Colony, Jahangirabad, husband Javed Khan works as a tailor.
On December 15 2021, Shahida Bi lodged a complaint about the missing of child Fardeen in the police station.
Police investigation revealed that the neighbor woman Samreen and her brother Farzan had killed the child.
The facts that emerged in the case revealed that the accused had a property dispute with the child's father. In order to disturb the father, Farzan dragged the child from outside the house while he was playing. Due to which the child suffered serious head injuries and started bleeding.
The accused then strangled him with a wire and his sister Samreen held the child's legs. After the death of the child, both of them kept the body in a sack and took it to Samreen's house in Kalyan Nagar Chhola Mandir.
The police engaged in the search of the child checked the CCTV footage. In which Farzan was seen taking Bhori in an auto in the evening in the CCTV installed in Zuber's shop in Jada Colony. When the police took Farzan into custody, he kept misleading the police earlier.
Later on being strictly interrogated, the accused confessed to the crime and got the body recovered from Chhola area. No evidence was found against mother Farookha in the case.
Samreen and her brother Farzan were sentenced in separate cases. Life imprisonment and Rs 1000-1000 fine in Section 302, 34 Bhadvi to Samreen and Farzan, 10-10 years rigorous imprisonment in 364 Bhadvi and Rs 500-500 fine and 3-3 years rigorous imprisonment in Section 201 Bhadvi and 500 Sentenced to a fine of Rs.500.
The age of accused Farzan is less than 21 years, so he will go to the observation home now. On completion of 21 will go to Central Jail.
At the time of the incident, the accused was only 5 days short of 18 years. At that time his age was 17 years 11 months 25 days. Because of this, the Juvenile Justice Board was able to try it like adults under JJ Act 2015 section 18/3. Its challan was presented in the Juvenile Court.