A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district sentenced four men, including a woman’s father, brother and uncle, to life imprisonment for murdering her outside a police station in 2021 after allegedly opposing her love marriage.
Archana’s family opposed the marriage. Rachit allegedly attacked Archana with a knife and slit her throat leading to her death. Police arrested Rachit and Pushpendra at the spot along with the knife allegedly used in the crime. The other two accused were arrested later. After examining the evidence and statements of witnesses, the court held all four accused guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
Rachit was fined ₹ 26,000, while the other three were each fined ₹ 25,000. On July 28, 2021, Devendra was taking Archana to Dataganj police station to record her statement when the accused allegedly waylaid them near the police station and attacked them.
Her brother Rachit had subsequently lodged a case accusing Devendra and his brothers of kidnapping Archana, according to the prosecution. The court of additional sessions judge on Thursday convicted the woman’s brother, Rachit Kumar, along with father Pushpendra Kumar, uncle Chandrapal and cousin Kunwar Pal.
