Thiruvananthapuram:
A courtroom in Kerala on Friday convicted the prime accused, Greeshma, within the sensational homicide case of her boyfriend, Sharon Raj, a local of Parassala within the district, in 2022.
The Neyyattinkara Extra District Periods Courtroom additionally discovered her uncle, Nirmalakumaran Nair, responsible of destruction of proof. Greeshma’s mom, Sindhu, the second accused, was acquitted for lack of proof.
Periods Courtroom Choose A M Basheer, who delivered the decision, said that the quantum of the sentence will probably be pronounced on Saturday.
Greeshma was discovered responsible underneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), together with homicide (Part 302), whereas her uncle was convicted underneath Part 201 of the IPC.
In response to the prosecution, Raj was lured by the prime accused to her home at Ramavarmanchirai in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district on October 14, 2022, and poisoned with an ayurvedic tonic laced with paraquat, a herbicide.
Raj, 23, died eleven days later, on October 25, from a number of organ failure at a hospital after consuming the deadly concoction.
Greeshma, then 22, had plotted the homicide when Raj refused to finish their relationship after her marriage was organized with a military man from Nagercoil.
She had beforehand tried to poison Raj by mixing paracetamol tablets in fruit juice. Nonetheless, the try failed as he refused to drink it because of its bitter style, Particular Public Prosecutor V S Vineeth Kumar mentioned.
The prosecution relied on circumstantial, digital, and scientific proof to show the crime, Kumar added.
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