CURATED BY – YASHPAL SINGH JAT | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Anuppur, the incident is briefly as follows:- The case was briefly as follows: On 21/04/19, between 22 and 23 pm, accused Ramdhani Sahu murdered his wife Kusum Sahu with an axe and injured Lavekesh by hitting him with an axe in Pachpedi Naka Muhar village Gulidad police station Bijuri. On receiving the information at Bijuri police station, the crime was registered and after the arrest of the accused during the investigation by sub-inspector Sumit Kaushik, the axe used in the murder was seized from the accused Ramdhani and after arresting him and completing the investigation, a charge sheet was presented in the court, on which the charge was framed and the investigation was conducted. Agreeing with the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the evidence presented by the prosecution and the argument presented by Additional Prosecutor Rajgaurav Tiwari, he was punished with the punishment as per the above. The case is related to the crime number 127/19 section 302, 324 IPC of the session case of the court of Shri Jaisingh Sarote, Kotma, Government vs. Ramdhani Sahu, Police Station Bijuri. In the said case, the accused Ramdhani has been found guilty under section 302, IPC and has been sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5000, one year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 500 under section 324. Special facts: - In the investigation of the case, the axe seized from the accused by Sub Inspector Sumit Kaushik and the human blood in the blood stained soil seized from the scene of the incident were duly seized and evidence was secured and FSL investigation was conducted which pointed towards the use of the axe in the incident. Apart from this, statements of injured Lavekesh and Neetu Sahu were recorded under section 164. On sending the axe used in the incident and questioning the medical witness, he said that the injuries to the deceased were probably caused by the axe and that the injuries were fatal, which proved to be important in proving the incident. The accused had raised the defence of contradictions in the statement and the witnesses being interested. On this the prosecution argued that a witness who himself was injured will not tell a lie. On this basis the evidence of the witnesses was found to be reliable and the argument of the defence was rejected.
On the point of punishment:- The court considered the act of the accused to be serious, the defence of the interested witness was rejected. The court held that the nature of the crime is not affected just by being a first offender. After considering the impact on the society and the seriousness of the crime and the background of the accused etc. the honourable court punished the accused with life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs. 5000.