AHMEDABAD: In a rare conviction, a city sessions court on Friday punished a
woman for causing mental harassment to her husband that led him to
commit suicide.
An additional sessions judge, BU Joshi, awarded five-year jail term to
29-year-old Vandana Batul, a resident of Ghodasar, for exerting pressure on
her husband Shreyas to follow instructions of her parents. Shreyas consumed
poison on February 27, 2006 and died the next day in hospital.
After his death, a criminal proceeding was initiated against Vandana, her
sister Varsha and parents Balkrishna and Tara Kanchani on the basis of the
suicide note written by Shreyas accusing them of torturing him and driving
him to end his life. During the trial, it was also revealed that Vandana had
once tried to commit suicide a month before Shreyas died, because Shreyas
allegedly refused to succumb to the pressure of his in-laws.
After assessing 26 documentary evidence and examining 24 witnesses, judge
Joshi concluded that Shreyas committed suicide because of mental torture by
his in-laws. The court acquitted Vandana's family members for want of
evidence against them, but punished her with five-year imprisonment and
imposed a fine of Rs 500 on her.
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