Man gets life imprisonment for wife's murder after swift court trial
Guna (MP) (PTI): 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.
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UP: 11 killed in multi-vehicle crash in Mirzapur
Mirzapur (UP) (PTI): Eleven people were killed in a multi-vehicle accident on Wednesday in Dramandganj area here, police said.
SP Aparna Rajat Kaushik said that information about the accident was received at around 8.30 pm.
The collision occurred on a route descending from Dramandganj valley towards the Lasoda area, where a vehicle lost control and crashed.
Preliminary investigation suggests that a truck coming from behind possibly rammed into another truck after suffering a brake failure.
A car got trapped between the two trucks during the collision. In the sequence of events, another vehicle was also hit and caught fire, she said.
Police teams and fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot immediately upon receiving the information, according to Kaushik.
With the assistance of local residents, rescue and relief operations were launched without delay, she said.
"So far, 11 deaths have been reported, and efforts are underway to establish the identities of the victims," the SP said.
Police personnel remain deployed at the site, and efforts are ongoing to restore traffic movement on the affected route.
According to initial information, one of the trucks involved bears a Bihar registration number, while the other is registered in Madhya Pradesh.
Among the cars involved, one is from Sonbhadra district and another from Mirzapur district, the SP said.
A detailed probe is on in the matter.
