Indian Man Jailed For Life For Killing His Wife Using Cobra (Photos)

An Indian man, who was convicted for killing his wife by making a cobra chunk her, has been punished with a uncommon double life sentence.

Sooraj Kumar was arrested final yr after his wife, Uthra, died from a snakebite.

Police started investigating after her household alleged murder, saying Sooraj had been harassing them for dowry.

On Monday, a courtroom discovered him responsible of releasing a cobra onto the mattress whereas Uthra slept.

The 25-year-old homemaker was discovered useless in her dwelling in Might final yr.

Her household grew to become suspicious as a result of Uthra had been bitten by a Russell’s viper simply weeks earlier. She was recovering from the primary snakebite when she was attacked by the cobra.

Police mentioned their investigation pointed to Sooraj being behind each makes an attempt. In addition they arrested a person who had helped him procure the snakes – he later turned “approver” and helped police piece collectively the case.

In line with LiveLaw, an Indian authorized web site, police fees bumped into 1,000 pages and detailed the flowery conspiracy deliberate and carried out by Sooraj.

The prosecution had argued that it was a “rarest of uncommon instances” and demanded the dying penalty for the accused.

The choose agreed that it was a uncommon case and awarded a double life sentence to Sooraj and likewise ordered him to pay a tremendous of 500,000 rupees ($6,635; £4,869).