The Neyyattinkara Classes Court docket has sentenced Greeshma S. to loss of life for the homicide of 23-year-old Sharon Raj. The court docket has rejected her declare to think about her age and no legal document and mentioned there was no want to think about the convict’s age and different circumstances over the gravity of the crime dedicated. The classes court docket additionally sentenced her uncle, Nirmalakumaran Nair, the third accused within the case, to a few years of imprisonment.
Convict sought leniency
The 24-year-old convict, Greeshma, had sought leniency in sentencing by citing her educational achievements, lack of prior legal historical past, and the truth that she is her mother and father’ solely daughter. In its 586-page verdict, the court docket noticed that there was no want to think about the convict’s age and different circumstances over the gravity of the crime dedicated.
The court docket additionally noticed that the convict conspired to function the crime in phases, she had a legal background as she tried to homicide the youth earlier and tried to finish her life after the arrest to divert the investigation. As per the prosecutor, court docket noticed that lady’s actions despatched a dangerous message to society and violated the sanctity of affection.
The court docket additionally rejected Greeshma’s declare that she had no legal background stating that she had tried to poison Sharon by mixing paracetamol tablets into fruit juice.
Sharon Raj homicide case
Greeshma was discovered responsible beneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), together with homicide (Part 302), whereas her uncle was convicted beneath Part 201 of the IPC for destroying proof.
23-year-old Sharon Raj succumbed to a number of organ failure at a hospital 11 days later, on October 25, 2022, after consuming the deadly concoction.
The prosecution informed the court docket that Greeshma, then 22, plotted the homicide after Sharon refused to finish their relationship, regardless that her marriage had been organized with a military man from Nagercoil.
Sharon’s mom expresses satisfaction
Expressing satisfaction with the judgment, mom of the sufferer, Priya, informed reporters that she was grateful to the court docket for issuing such an exemplary order. Particular Public Prosecutor V S Vineeth Kumar, informed reporters that the decision was totally justified and the court docket noticed that this case is falling beneath the rarest of uncommon class. “The court docket famous that the convict was a superb legal who meticulously deliberate the brutal homicide,” he mentioned.