MP HC upholds life term of former professor for killing doctor husband

In April this year, the high court had reserved its decision after hearing the arguments of all the parties.

At the time of the incident, his wife, Mamta Pathak, was also there. She had come to live with him only 10 months prior to his death, the prosecution said.

According to the HC, no other person came from outside on the day of the incident, the prosecution said.

The relationship between the couple was strained as she would often argue about her husband's affair with a woman.

Before 12 noon on the day of the incident, Dr Neeraj called one of his relatives and told that his wife was torturing him, not giving him food and kept him locked inside the bathroom. He also talked about the head injury, reports PTI.

After this, the relative contacted the police, and the doctor was taken out of the bathroom.

The relative gave the recording of this conversation to the police and also recorded a statement in the court.

A court in Chhatarpur convicted Mamta Pathak on the basis of the circumstantial evidence and sentenced her to life imprisonment. But she filed an appeal in the high court against the verdict.

While presenting her case in the high court in April this year, the former chemistry professor argued that the cause of the death in the post-mortem report was stated to be electric shock.

The burn marks found on the body of the deceased were of both types - electric and thermal, but their technical investigation was not done, she told the court.