Srinagar, Oct 17 :
A court in Srinagar has sentenced three people, including a woman’s husband, brother-in-law and mother-in-law, to life imprisonment for her murder in 2022, police said on Saturday.
The court of the Additional Sessions Judge, Srinagar, convicted Hafeeza Begum, Parveez Ahmad Dar alias Bilal, and Shahnawaz Ahmad Dar in a murder case registered at Batamaloo police station, a police spokesperson said.
The case was registered under Sections 498-A, 302, 120-B and 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
After the conclusion of the trial, the court convicted the three under Sections 302 (murder) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and subsequently sentenced them to life imprisonment, the spokesperson said.
The conviction followed an investigation by Srinagar Police and the prosecution of the case through the judicial process, he added. (PTI)