Guna (MP), Apr 22 A local court on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after convicting him for murdering his wife in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh, delivering a verdict after conducting a trial over just three and a half months.
District and Sessions Court Judge Amitabh Mishra convicted Sur Singh Bhilala, a resident of Kandai village, under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000.
According to the prosecution, Bhilala beat his wife, Resham Bai, to death with a stick on the intervening night of November 3 and 4, 2025.
A total of 18 injuries were found on the deceased's body, and she had a fractured skull. The postmortem report mentioned that the death was due to a severe head injury.
There were no direct witnesses in the case, and the deceased's son and other key witnesses had retracted their statements in court.
However, the public prosecutor Alankar Vashisht presented strong circumstantial evidence.
The doctor also refuted the defence's argument that the injuries were caused by a fall from the stairs.
