Meerut. The local court of Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday awarded death sentence to the wife and her lover convicted in the murder of Amit Kashyap. After murdering her husband, the wife along with her lover had left a snake on the dead body to show death due to snakebite. After the court’s decision, the victim’s family expressed happiness and said that I had faith in the court that Amit would get justice.
According to ADGC Crime Neeraj Som, the court of ADJ-12 Jaiveer Singh Nagar has sentenced death sentence to wife Ravita and her lover Amardeep, accused in the murder of Amit Kashyap. Dr. Veeresh Raj Sharma, Senior Jail Superintendent of Chaudhary Charan Singh District Jail, said that both were connected to the court through video conferencing. Both of them started crying as soon as they heard the court’s decision. At present, as soon as the copy of the judgment is received, both of them will be shifted to the barrack of convicted prisoners.
ADGC Farzana Maqsood met journalists after the court announced its verdict. He told that the wife of deceased Amit Kashyap and her lover Amardeep have been sentenced to death. During this, he said that before giving the verdict, the court mentioned Ramayana, Mahabharata and Manusmriti and gave the example of Satyavan-Savitri. Referring to Savitri, the court said that she had fought even with Yamraj to save her husband’s life. Wife is husband’s better half. The act that the wife did in collaboration with her lover is unforgivable. After this, the judge broke the pen and threw it away while giving his verdict.
Here, after the court’s decision, deceased Amit’s brother Sonu said that he is very happy with this decision. Such criminals should have received the same punishment. As far as Amit’s children are concerned, he is raising them by working hard. Mother Munesh looked very emotional after the culprits were awarded death sentence. He said that the court has given the right decision. My son’s soul will rest in peace. From the very beginning, she was demanding death penalty for the culprits from the court.
It is noteworthy that Ravita, a resident of Akbarpur Sadat village, along with her lover Amardeep, had strangled her husband Amit to death on the night of 12 April 2025. He had left the snake near the dead body to show death due to snakebite. After the post-mortem confirmed death due to strangulation, the police arrested Amit’s wife and her lover Amardeep on the family’s complaint. Investigative Inspector Indu Verma collected calls and all the evidence of conversations between the snake charmer, Ravita and Amardeep.
District government advocate Farzana Maqsood said that all the evidence was presented in the court. After this, after the testimony of 12 witnesses on 86 dates in 18 months, the court had declared both of them guilty on 7 October. Today both have been sentenced.