Kanpur Doctor murder case: Allahabad HC grants bail to woman who allegedly killed doctor by chopping off his private parts in 2013

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a woman last week who was convicted after murdering a doctor 10 years ago, cut off his private parts and couriered them to his wife. In 2016, She was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by the sessions court of Kanpur Dehat.  

The order was given by the division bench of Chief Justice Pritinkar Diwakar and Justice Nalin Srivastava on the bail petition filed for the second time on behalf of the woman since the first bail application of the appellant was dismissed in February this year.

The matter took place on July 21, 2013, Dr. Satish Chandra, the then in-charge of Amraudha PHC, was murdered by cutting his genitals at the Rahi tourist accommodation in Raniya. 

The woman brutally murdered the doctor by stapling his lips first and then tying his limbs to the four corners of the bed. She then slit the throat of the doctor with a sharp-edged weapon and thereafter chopped off his private parts with a surgical blade causing his death. Later, she escaped with the severed private parts. After this, she packed the private parts in a box and sent them to the wife of the deceased via courier.

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During police interrogation, the woman had said that she committed the horrendous crime to teach Dr Verma a lesson. He had been sexually exploiting her for the last 13 years. 

Following this, she was arrested in the year 2013 on the charges of chopping off the private part of a doctor in a private hotel with a surgical blade.

Before the High Court, her counsel argued that the appellant had already served more than 10 years of actual jail sentence and since the appeal against her conviction would take some time for its final disposal, therefore, she be released on bail during the pendency of her appeal.

"Considering the totality of the case, in particular, the detention period of the appellant, the fact that the appeal may take some time for its final disposal and judgements of Supreme Court, without further commenting on the merits of the case, we are inclined to release the appellant on bail. 

Let appellant Km. Preeti Lata, convicted and sentenced in the above-mentioned sessions trial, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- (Fifty Thousand) and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned," said the court.

Later, the Court directed the listing of her appeal for a final hearing in its due course.

To view the official order, click the link below:

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