India News | UP: Woman, Paramour Get Life Term for Killing Her Husband Back in 2017

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 14 (PTI) A local court on Tuesday sentenced a woman and her paramour to life imprisonment for murdering her husband in 2017 over a property dispute here.

Additional District Sessions Judge Sandeep Gupta imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on convicts Amna Begum and her paramour Arif after holding them guilty under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (punishment for murder).

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According to public prosecutor Amit Kumar Tyagi, Yasin was gunned down by his wife Amna Begum with the help of her paramour Arif to get hold of a family property at Sindhawli village in the district on March 4, 2017.

Amna was Yasin's second wife after the death of his first spouse. A property dispute had arisen between the first wife's sons and Amna.

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Amna tried to pressure her husband to sell his property in her name but he refused to do so. As a result, she shot him dead with the help of her paramour.

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