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HC frees woman who killed husband when she was minor
Updated On: 23 September, 2009 03:03 PM IST | | PTI
A woman, who spent 15 years in the prison for murdering her husband, was set free by the High Court recently - because she was a minor when she committed the offence.
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A woman, who spent 15 years in the prison for murdering her husband, was set free by the High Court recently - because she was a minor when she committed the offence.
Geeta (name changed), should have been tried by juvenile justice board, and the maximum sentence she could have got was three years' jail term. Instead, she was tried by sessions court, and was given a life sentence.
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