An appeal by a man (Ashok Kumar Jain), sentenced to life under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code for killing his wife, has challenged this order before the Supreme Court. The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and M.R. Shah heard the appeal on Tuesday and ordered that the matter be listed before an appropriate bench. The case will be listed in the week starting July 12.
The case is about the man killing his wife because she failed to get enough dowry and the prosecution has said that the man and his family was also wanting a scooter.
Jain is challenging the Allahabad High Court order which had dismissed his plea challenging the order of the Sessions Court, Kanpur which in turn had upheld the order of conviction and sentence to life imprisonment given to three accused namely Ashok Kumar (Husband), Moolchand (Father-in-law) and Padmawati (Mother-in-law) on account of killing the daughter of complainant Shri Vishwa Nath Agarwal.
