Wife among three get life term for man's murder in Jabalpur
Jabalpur: A woman, her lover and his accomplice have been sentenced to life in jail for her husband's murder in Jabalpur in 2022, and staging the crime as a road accident after he objected to the affair.
The special court of Judge Girish Dixit that hears cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act found all three guilty on the basis of evidence presented by the prosecution.
According to the prosecution, Ashish Chaudhary, a resident of the Majhgawan police station area, worked as a mason, and was married to Manisha alias Sadhana.
Ashish's wife was involved in a love affair with Dharmendra alias Dhannu, who lived in her village.
To remove the obstacle in their relationship, the wife conspired with Dharmendra and his accomplice Amil alias Chalis to murder Chaudhary.
On Sept 25, 2022, Chaudhary went to Kumhi village for a weekly market. According to the plan, Dharmendra and Amil met Ashish at the market. They made him drink alcohol, causing him to become heavily intoxicated.
The two then took him on his motorcycle towards Parsel village, where they killed him by hitting his head with a stone. To make the murder look like an accident, they left the body and motorcycle at the scene to suggest he had died in a drunken road crash.
District public prosecutor Smritilata Barkade and special public prosecutor Navita Pillai represented the state in the court.
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