Two folks have been sentenced to life in jail, accused of setting a 15-year-old woman on fireplace, dousing her with an inflammable substance, on December 18, 2018. She succumbed to her burn accidents in a Delhi hospital on December 19, 2018.
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The courtroom of the extra district and classes choose (Courtroom No. 17) in Agra, Nitin Kumar Thakur, handed the decision within the case on Tuesday and sentenced each accused – Vijay and Aakash – to a life in jail, apart from imposing a penalty of ₹2,61,500 on every.
On December 18, 2018, Sanjali was coming back from faculty on her cycle when she was attacked by the accused. She was shifted to Delhi however breathed her final at Safdarjung Hospital on December 19, 2018.
The woman was set on fireplace by a cigarette lighter, later discovered on the spot, after some flamable fluid was poured on her. The woman had sustained 70% burn accidents which proved deadly. Sanjali was a resident of village Lalau and studied in Class 10, at a faculty close to her village.
The case had been registered at Malpura police station of Agra district beneath part 326A (inflicting grievous damage by acid or related substance) and Part 34 (joint legal responsibility in felony act) of the Indian Penal Code and Part 7 of Prison Legislation Modification Act at Malpura police station of Agra district on December 18, 2018.
After the demise of the sufferer, sections 302 (homicide) and 201 (inflicting disappearance of proof) of Indian Penal Code have been added to the case. Each the accused, Vijay and Aakash, have been arrested on December 25, 2018 and a charge-sheet was filed within the case on March 20, 2019.
Surprisingly, her cousin, and the primary accused within the case, dedicated suicide two days after her demise. Yogesh Kumar died on December 20, 2018, allegedly after consuming one thing toxic. He was admitted to a non-public hospital however couldn’t be saved.
In line with police sources, Kumar had masterminded the plan whereas Vijay and Aakash carried out it.
He had accomplished B Ed and was in search of a job. He had gone to Delhi to satisfy Sanjali however returned a lot disturbed and consumed poison, in keeping with the Agra police.