3 SENTENCED TO lIFE IMPRISONMENT
Rajgarh: Three persons including a woman and her paramour were sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for killing her husband in 2012. District and Sessions judge RK Dube yesterday handed out the sentence to Kalibai lodha, her paramour Chagan and their associate Radheshyam for killing Kaniram on October 21, 2012, prosecution. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1500 on each of them, sources said. After killing Kaniram, Kalibai along with her paramour and associate stuffed the body into a sack and dumped it near a pond in Gadiya village. later, she filed a missing complaint to mislead the police. Subsequently, the body was found near a pond. DNA tests established that it was of Kaniram after matching samples with his son. On the basis of suspicion police questioned Kalibai and two others following which they admitted to have committed the crime.
6 ACQUITTED OVER RAPE OF 35-YR-OlD WOMAN
Bhopal: Six persons accused of raping a 35-year-old woman in the city last year, have been acquitted by a local court. Additional District Judge Sayeeda Bano Rahman acquitted all the six accused in the case yesterday, due to contradictory statements made by the survivor, supposed to be an illiterate woman. The alleged offence took place on the night of April 24 last year, near Nishatpura railway coach factory, when the woman along with her husband was heading home on a bicycle. The six accused - Sanjay, Vikram, Shekhar, Deendayal, Shubham and Murli - apprehended the couple and took them to a nearby place where they took turns to rape her, while they pinned down her husband, police sources said. The accused also robbed the couple's mobile phone. later, all the six were arrested and booked for rape and dacoity.