CURATED BY – DHEERAJ KUMAR AHIRWAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Damoh, Court in Damoh Sharat Chand Saxena, Special Judge (Atrocities) Act District Court of Damoh sentenced the accused - Santosh Rakwar, father Dhaniram, age 29 years, resident of Mukesh Colony, Damoh. The court sentenced the accused to IPC. He was sentenced to life imprisonment under section 302 of IPC and 05 years rigorous imprisonment under section 201 of Indian Penal Code and a total fine of Rs 7000. The case was analyzed minutely by the then Inspector Kotwali HR Pandey. After thorough investigation, the charge sheet was presented against the accused in the court. The case was based on circumstantial evidence, oral and documentary evidence received in the court, extra-judicial confession of the accused and corroborative evidence of the material of the dead body seized from him and the arguments presented by the prosecution related to them. On the basis of judicial precedents, the Honorable Court punished the accused with life imprisonment.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Prosecution Officer Satish Kapasya under the direction of District Prosecution Officer in-charge Kailash Chand Patel. Informant Satyam Chaubey had gone to visit Circuit House Pahadia with his friends on March 12, 2020. While roaming around, he saw a woman lying dead under a bush at the bottom of Pahadia, then he called the number 100 and informed the police. Then the police reached the spot, on the basis of the said report the crime was registered and taken up for investigation, during the investigation the unidentified body was found to be that of Mrs. Manisha Rakwar, husband Satosh Swar, aged 22 years, resident of Mukesh Colony, Damoh MP, and during the investigation, the body of the witnesses was found. On the basis of statement, memorandum statement of the accused, seizure and collected evidence, the said crime was found to have been committed by Santosh Rakwar, the husband of the deceased. After committing the incident, accused Santosh Raikwar had confessed to his father-in-law and sister-in-law that he had disposed of the deceased. After this, when interrogated by the police, the accused confessed to murdering the deceased by strangulation and confiscated the deceased's scooter, books, bag etc. from the Fisheries Department on his notice.