Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 13: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has rejected the bail application of Nano Devi, who killed her husband Sohan Lal to maintain her illicit relationship.
After hearing Advocate Tarun Sharma for the applicant whereas Deputy AG Dewakar Sharma for the UT, Justice M A Chowdhary observed, “it is not a case where the murder would have been committed at the spur of the moment, rather the applicant/accused has been alleged to have planned the execution of murder with three other persons to eliminate her husband just to keep her relations with her paramour who is also one of the accused”.
“The story as projected by the prosecution is that on having a plan for murder of the deceased, the accused administered him poison through alcohol and then threw him into a gorge to ensure that he is killed. Therefore, it seems to be a cold blooded murder under a well thought plan and the kingpin of this plan is the wife of the deceased”, High Court said.
“Since the case is based on circumstantial evidence, it will not be safe to admit the application to bail as she may tamper with the prosecution evidence and it would be difficult for the prosecution to get the links of the circumstantial evidence to prove the case against any of the accused, if the prosecution witnesses, are either way get influenced by any means”, High Court said, adding “since many of the witnesses of the prosecution are witnesses to the circumstances and until they are examined, it will not be safe to admit the applicant to bail”.
With these observations, High Court dismissed the bail application.
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