Ravita and Amardeep received the death penalty for the murder of Amit Kashyap in Meerut (Photo credit: X)
MEERUT: A court on Friday sentenced a woman and her lover to death for murdering her husband and leaving a live snake beside his body to make the death appear to be a case of snakebite, officials said.Additional district and sessions judge Jaiveer Singh Nagar awarded the death penalty to Ravita and Amardeep for the murder of Amit Kashyap, alias Mikky Kashyap, a resident of Akbarpur Sadat village, court officials said.Both accused, who had been in jail for 17 months, appeared before the court through video conferencing, IANS reported.Amit was found dead on a cot at his house on April 13 last year, with a live snake beside his body.
His family initially suspected that he had died of a snakebite, news agnecy PTI reported.However, a post-mortem examination revealed injury marks on his neck and nose and established that he had died of strangulation, police said.
Government counsel Farzana Masood, who handled the case, said, “Ravita has violated the ideals of Savitri through her actions. The honourable court has sentenced the accused to death. An order has also been issued to ensure that her children’s education and other needs are taken care of with dignity.”