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- STORY: Based on the spine-chilling Tandoor case in Delhi, the show reconstructs the events before and after the gruesome murder of a woman by her own husband.
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Dec 21, 2018 · New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has ordered the release of Sushil Sharma, a former politician, who is serving life sentence since 1995 for murdering his wife Naina Sahni. The high profile...
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May 26, 2023 · Finally the real story emerged from this second post mortem report. This case is a landmark example of a successful second autopsy. 9 days later Sushil Sharma surrendered in Bangalore.
- I. Introduction
- II. Literature Review
- III. Facts of The Case
- IV. Legal and Statutory Issues
- V. Government Work on Demolishing Dowry
- VI. Analysis and Comparision
- VII. Judgement and Suggestions
- VIII. Conclusion
- IX. Bibliography
What happens when you find your beloved partner engaged in a deep telephonic conversation with a person of opposite sex? You choose to shoot your partner in a fit of rage, chop the body into pieces, and to destroy the evidence you go ahead and burn the entire corpse in a “Tandoor”. This is what happened exactly in the case of Sushil Sharma and Nain...
Indian Penal Code, Section 34 which says when a criminal act is done by several persons (in this case Sushil Sharma along with the employee of Bagia Bar-be- Que, Keshav Kumar), each having common intention have the same amount of liability as one would have had if done by one person alone. Also referring to Section 37, it says that if any kind of c...
The case is of a heinous murder of a wife (Naina Sahni) by the husband, Sushil Sharma, of course with the involvement of “Tandoor” which will be addressed in the later part of this section. Starting with the background of both the deceased and the appellant; Sushil Sharma was the President of Delhi Youth Congress at the relevant time (1992), a comm...
The motive of the crime was on grounds of Sharma doubting his wife’s character. The Legal issue involved here was that the case was put up on the circumstantial evidence (DNA) and second autopsy. T...Strained interpersonal relationship between husband and wife led to the outrage, further sudden provocation, in a fit of rage which made him commit such a heinous crime.Conspiracy to cause destruction of evidence of murder.Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code says, when a criminal act is done by several person with that of a common intention of all, each of such person is liable for that act in the same manner as if i...Mahendra Nath Dass vs. State of Assam, AIR 1999 SC 1926: –In this case the convict killed the deceased with a sword, amputated the hand, cut the head off, and then took the dismantled body royally...Mohd.Chaman State (NCT of Delhi) SC 2000: – In this case the appellant has raped a one year old girl, who caused her injuries, ultimately leading to her death. The trial court though sentenced him...Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar vs. State of Maharashtra: –In this case, the appellant and others were in search of job and they planned to kidnap a friend of theirs, ask for ransom thereafter....Overview
Absence of cordial relationship- suspicion of extra marital affair on wife- regular beatings and spying by servant- Murder of wife- circumstantial evidence and motive- shot by revolver of the husband – after murder- body chopped and burnt in Tandoor – common intention and disappearance of evidence- hence the guilt proved- awarded death sentence by the Sessions Court and High Court- commuted to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court.
Points to be pondered on
1. This was a clear case of homicidal death of a wife who was murdered by the husband in a fit of rage because of him doubting her having an affair. However the case took over a decade to bring out the proper judgment. The question which thus strikes in the minds of people would be “Why would such a case take that long to decide?” The answer is quite clear. Political influence always plays a vital role in this system. When the accused is the President of Delhi Youth Congress, it is pretty muc...
In 2003, Sharma was awarded with death penalty by a district court. He appealed in the Delhi High Courtfor the same where he found no mercy and the judgment of the Court said in 2007: “People like the appellant who are power drunk and have no value for human life are definitely a menace for the society at large and deserve no mercy. … The act of th...
Maybe it’s a trend or a practice, death sentence awarded by the trial court, confirmed by the High Court and finally commuted by the Supreme Court to life imprisonment. The judiciary wing has always performed its functions at its best, but what happens when the Court of Law includes certain rules and provisions which might make one rethink on the r...
Books referred to
1. Taxmann’s Criminal Major Acts 2. A manual on Indian Evidence Act by Dr. Gokulesh Sharma and Hemant Kumar Pandey 3. Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India’s Most Famousby Sunetra Choudhury, Roli Books Websites, e-database and internet sources (including e-newspapers) 1. “Sushil Sharma V. State (NCT) Of Delhi (2)” india.lawi.asia. 07, 2014. Accessed 03 2018. http://india.lawi.asia/ 2. Sushil Sharma versus The State of N.C.T. of Delhi – LNIND 2013 SC 925 (Lexis Nexis) 3. http://www.firstpost.com/...
Nov 14, 2022 · In a gruesome tale of murder, a man allegedly strangled his girlfriend, chopped her body into 35 pieces, and then stored them in a refrigerator, and later scattered them in Delhi’s Mehrauli forest in a span of several days.
Convicted for the murder of his wife in the infamous Delhi tandoor case, Sushil Sharma is out on parole after 20 years. He has served the longest sentence for life imprisonment in Tihar...
Naina Sahni was the victim of the 1995 tandoor murder case. [1] On 2 July 1995, 29-year-old Sahni was killed by her husband Sushil Sharma, an Indian National Congress youth leader. [2] Sushil Sharma was convicted for the murder by the Trial Court, Delhi High Court and Supreme Court.
