Death-row prisoner seeks court’s permission to sire child
A married couple, who got a death sentence and life term, has filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking conjugal rights within the prison so that they could give their family an heir.
The couple has been incarcerated in the Patiala Central Jail since 2005 separately. It was only after eight months of their marriage that they were arrested on charges of kidnapping and then killing a 16-year-old schoolboy. Jasvir Singh and Sonia of Hoshiarpur got married in their early 20s. They were a happy couple, but Jasvir was a greedy man who wanted to earn quick money. He decided that the best way to make a fortune was to kidnap a rich boy.
He zeroed in on a wealthy trader Ravi Verma’s only son Abhi Verma. Jasvir was helped by his friend Vikram to commit this heinous crime. They kidnapped the young Abhi and then demanded Rs 50 lakh as ransom money. When the amount did not come, Abhi was given a heavy dose of sedative. He never recovered from it and died. It was after this that Sonia stepped in. She helped her husband in disposing of the boy’s body. They thought that they would not be spotted. But they were busted.
After deliberating on the case, the court gave them death penalty. However, the Supreme Court while upholding the death sentence of Jasvir and Vikram converted the death sentence of Sonia into life imprisonment on the premise that she acted under the pressure of her husband.
A married couple, who got a death sentence and life term, has filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking conjugal rights within the prison so that they could give their family an heir.
The couple has been incarcerated in the Patiala Central Jail since 2005 separately. It was only after eight months of their marriage that they were arrested on charges of kidnapping and then killing a 16-year-old schoolboy. Jasvir Singh and Sonia of Hoshiarpur got married in their early 20s. They were a happy couple, but Jasvir was a greedy man who wanted to earn quick money. He decided that the best way to make a fortune was to kidnap a rich boy.
He zeroed in on a wealthy trader Ravi Verma’s only son Abhi Verma. Jasvir was helped by his friend Vikram to commit this heinous crime. They kidnapped the young Abhi and then demanded Rs 50 lakh as ransom money. When the amount did not come, Abhi was given a heavy dose of sedative. He never recovered from it and died. It was after this that Sonia stepped in. She helped her husband in disposing of the boy’s body. They thought that they would not be spotted. But they were busted.
After deliberating on the case, the court gave them death penalty. However, the Supreme Court while upholding the death sentence of Jasvir and Vikram converted the death sentence of Sonia into life imprisonment on the premise that she acted under the pressure of her husband.
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