Woman to face trial on charge of killing husband

Ramkrishan Upadhyay
Tribune Nnews Service
Chandigarh, February 5

The Court of Gitanjali Goel, Judicial Magistrate, First Class, has committed a case related to the death of Gurdev Singh, a resident of Sector 41-C, to the Sessions Court for trial. Gurdev Singh was found dead under mysterious circumstances on the stairs of his house on July 14 last year.

Harpreet Kaur, wife of the deceased, was arrested four days after the incident under Section 302 of the IPC.

Initially, it appeared to be a case of death due to overdose of drug but the police started investigation after neighbours and relatives noticed strangulation marks on the neck. Bahadur Singh, who is the victim’s neighbour and president of the RWA, Sector 41-C, had stated that on the day of the incident, Harpreet had told him that her husband was lying unconscious.

While Bahadur and relatives were preparing for Gurdev’s last rites, they noticed marks on the victim’s neck following which the police were informed. The police claimed that in the autopsy report, the doctors mentioned that in their opinion, the cause of death was asphyxia due to manual strangulation.

The Sector 39 police claimed that when they grilled the victim’s wife, she revealed that she had a fight with her husband on the stairs following which she strangled him.

After hearing arguments, the Judge said the offence punishable under Section 302 of the IPC is exclusively triable by the Court of Sessions. The Court directed that Harpreet is to be produced before the Court of Sessions Judge, Chandigarh, on February 18 for trial.