Alok Mishra, TNN | Oct 26, 2011, 07.17AM IST
PATNA: The court of ADJ IX V N Singh on Tuesday awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment to Rajiv Singh, an engineer with the Indian Railways, for murdering his wife, Rani Archana Singh, for dowry.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Sudhir Kumar Sinha said the court also awarded two-year punishment to Singh for torturing Rani for dowry and two years for concealing evidence. All the punishments would run concurrently, he said.
Sinha had submitted in the court that Rani, daughter of retired ADJ Subhash Chandra Prasad and native of Patna, was married to Rajiv -- a Lalji Tola resident -- in April, 2007. He said soon after the marriage, Rajiv and his family members started torturing her for dowry. "They were demanding Rs 2 lakh from Rani's parents to decorate the newly constructed upper floor of their house," the APP argued.
On August 10, 2007, without any prior programme, Rajiv along with Rani left for Jalpaiguri by Capital Express, added. Four days later while returning to Patna from New Jalpaiguri by the Capital Express, Rajiv claimed that his wife went missing from the train. He lodged a complaint in this regard with the GRP Mokama on August 15, 2007.
The APP contended that during investigation, Mokama GRP found the case to be false and submitted a final report against Rajiv and recommended institution of a separate case against him for lodging a false case.
"In the meantime, Rani's mother Malti Devi filed a complaint petition in the court of the CJM, Patna, alleging murder of her daughter for dowry," the APP said. The court had forwarded Malti Devi's petition to the Gandhi Maidan police station for investigation.
Sinha said an FIR was lodged against Rajiv for harassing his wife and killing her for dowry.
The APP said that six days after Rani went missing from the Capital Express, an unidentified body of a woman was recovered from Katihar section of the railways. The Azamnagar police, who recovered the body, sent it for autopsy, he said and added that the viscera was preserved.
Later the Gandhi Maidan police brought the preserved viscera to Patna and matched it with the blood samples of Rani's parents for DNA test, Sinha said. He said in the DNA test, the viscera matched with the blood samples proving that the unidentified body was that of Rani's.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Sudhir Kumar Sinha said the court also awarded two-year punishment to Singh for torturing Rani for dowry and two years for concealing evidence. All the punishments would run concurrently, he said.
Sinha had submitted in the court that Rani, daughter of retired ADJ Subhash Chandra Prasad and native of Patna, was married to Rajiv -- a Lalji Tola resident -- in April, 2007. He said soon after the marriage, Rajiv and his family members started torturing her for dowry. "They were demanding Rs 2 lakh from Rani's parents to decorate the newly constructed upper floor of their house," the APP argued.
On August 10, 2007, without any prior programme, Rajiv along with Rani left for Jalpaiguri by Capital Express, added. Four days later while returning to Patna from New Jalpaiguri by the Capital Express, Rajiv claimed that his wife went missing from the train. He lodged a complaint in this regard with the GRP Mokama on August 15, 2007.
The APP contended that during investigation, Mokama GRP found the case to be false and submitted a final report against Rajiv and recommended institution of a separate case against him for lodging a false case.
"In the meantime, Rani's mother Malti Devi filed a complaint petition in the court of the CJM, Patna, alleging murder of her daughter for dowry," the APP said. The court had forwarded Malti Devi's petition to the Gandhi Maidan police station for investigation.
Sinha said an FIR was lodged against Rajiv for harassing his wife and killing her for dowry.
The APP said that six days after Rani went missing from the Capital Express, an unidentified body of a woman was recovered from Katihar section of the railways. The Azamnagar police, who recovered the body, sent it for autopsy, he said and added that the viscera was preserved.
Later the Gandhi Maidan police brought the preserved viscera to Patna and matched it with the blood samples of Rani's parents for DNA test, Sinha said. He said in the DNA test, the viscera matched with the blood samples proving that the unidentified body was that of Rani's.
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