BAREILY: A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly pronounced a man guilty of forcing his wife to take her life and sentenced him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment on Tuesday, reports Kanwardeep Singh. Witness to frequent humiliation of their mother, the convict’s children – aged 8 and 10 years – testified against him before the judge who observed that the man “deserves no mercy “, said ADGC Digambar Patel.
Patel said, “Vikas Upadhyaya had married Vandana Saxena in Nov 2011, and would often beat her. She was found hanging at home on Aug 30, 2023. Her son, 10, testified his father routinely dragged his mom by her hair and thrashed her with belts. The day before her death, he again beat her in front of the children. The boy told the judge his mom was deeply upset and took her life.”
The 10-year-old’s younger sister narrated the same in court and said that her dad had asked her mom to “go and die”. The court observed that a son would not testify against his father unless it was true, making his statement a key piece of evidence in the case.
