Faridabad, March 19 A court in this district of Haryana has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife, police said on Thursday.
Additional Sessions Judge Surendra Kumar has also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict, they added.
The convict killed his wife in April 2022 by strangling her with the wire of an immersion heater, as he was angered by her refusal to make tea for him, police said.
According to Deputy District Attorney Mahesh Chhabari, the case was registered at the Khedi Pul police station on April 3, 2022, based on a complaint from Indrapal Singh, a resident of Bharat Colony.
Singh had married his daughter Sunita to Surendra, a resident of Shriram Residency, Sector 86, 17 years ago. Things went well for a few days after the marriage, but then Surendra allegedly started beating and harassing Sunita under the influence of alcohol. Singh and his family tried to reason with Surendra, but the situation remained unchanged, according to the complainant.
Sunita had returned to her parents' house a month before the tragic incident.
On April 1, 2022, Surendra apologized to her and took her back with him. The very next day, the woman's family could not contact her by phone. Subsequently, Singh went to the couple's Shriram Residency house and found his daughter dead in a bathroom on the rooftop. There were marks on her neck, and Surendra was not present at the scene, the complaint stated.
Based on Singh's complaint, police registered a murder case against Surendra. He was arrested on April 4, 2022. During interrogation, he revealed that he had an argument with Sunita over making tea. He had asked her to make tea, but she went to the bathroom to take a bath, telling him to make it himself. This enraged the convict, who followed her into the bathroom, where he first slapped Sunita and then strangled her to death with the wire of a water heater, and fled, police said.
According to Senior Legal Aid Counsel Ravinder Gupta, a total of 25 witnesses appeared in the trial, and 15 pieces of documentary evidence were presented before the court, which finally convicted the man and sentenced him to life imprisonment on Wednesday.