A 24-year-old lady has been sentenced to loss of life in Kerala on Monday for killing her boyfriend, round two years after the cold-blooded incident. The girl, Greeshma, had poisoned her the-then 23-year-old boyfriend Sharon Raj, to get out of their romantic relationship.
A neighborhood court docket, which convicted Greeshma and her uncle for the homicide final week, noticed that there was no want to think about the accused’s age over the gravity of the crime dedicated. The accused had sought leniency in sentencing by citing her educational achievements, lack of prior prison historical past, and the truth that she is her mother and father’ solely daughter.
The prosecution relied on circumstantial, digital, and scientific proof to show the crime, the court docket stated.
Greeshma is the youngest lady to face capital punishment in Kerala.
Following at present’s verdict, the sufferer’s lawyer stated that he was “assured” the proof could be accepted by the court docket.
“Whereas I used to be arguing earlier than the court docket, I used to be assured that proof could be accepted by the court docket. I had argued that there’s rarest of the uncommon case class on this and capital punishment needs to be awarded…that is an exemplary judgment,” Particular Public Prosecutor VS Vineeth Kumar, advised the media outdoors the native court docket.
In 2022, Greeshma poisoned her boyfriend with an ayurvedic tonic laced with paraquat, a herbicide. He died 11 days later from a number of organ failure. She had plotted the homicide as Raj refused to finish their relationship after her marriage was organized with a military man from Tamil Nadu.
Based on officers, Greeshma had beforehand tried to poison Raj by mixing paracetamol tablets in fruit juice. However had failed to take action after he refused to drink it as a consequence of its bitter style.
Raj, a local of Parassala within the Thiruvananthapuram district, was a BSc Radiology pupil.
Greeshma was discovered responsible below varied sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), together with homicide. Her uncle, Nirmalakumaran Nair, was discovered responsible of destruction of proof. The accused’s mom, who was additionally taken into custody, was acquitted for lack of proof.
