The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has affirmed the murder conviction of a man who set his eight-month-pregnant wife ablaze, ruling that death by septicemia following severe burn injuries constitutes murder if the act was intentional and designed to ensure death. A division bench comprising Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Indrajeet Shukla
Intentional Burning and Bolting Door Constitutes Murder Despite Death by Septicemia: Allahabad HC Commutes Husband’s Life Sentence to 20 Years
