Kaushambi, Oct 28 A court in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife and misleading the police by falsely reporting a robbery and her abduction.
District Government Counsel (Criminal) Someshwar Tiwari said Dharmendra Tiwari alias Pappu, a resident of Saurai Buzurg village under the Saini police station limits, had lodged a complaint on September 2, 2011, claiming that his wife had been abducted and a robbery had taken place.
During the investigation, police found that Tiwari had allegedly murdered his wife and fabricated the robbery and abduction claims to mislead them, he said.
Following the investigation, a case was registered against Tiwari under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including those relating to murder, robbery, abduction, causing disappearance of evidence, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy.
The police subsequently filed a chargesheet before the court.
After hearing the prosecution's arguments, examining witness statements and reviewing the evidence, District Judge Badri Vishal Pandey convicted Tiwari and sentenced him to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 23,000, Tiwari said.
