Gujarat High Court saves man charged with wife's murder over a petty dispute on dal

Ahmedabad | Monday | 19th August, 2019

Summary:

The court modified the sentence of life imprisonment to 10 years in jail. As per the case details, a sessions court in Ahmedabad, in November 2012, convicted Mansuri for murder, dowry demand, and voluntarily causing hurt. He was awarded life imprisonment for the offences committed by him. Mansuri filed an appeal against the lower court's verdict before the High Court. The high court, while affirming the findings of the lower court on the basis of evidence, also took note of the fact that the woman died eight days after the incident, due to septicaemia..