Daughter of a Father : A Lesson in Criminal Law

 Daughter of a Father : A Lesson in Criminal Law

The facts are shocking. The discussion is on Ram Singh v Sonia [2007] GCtR 3205 (SC). 

It is useful for those interested in criminal law. Here a daughter killed her own father. Sonia was daughter of Relu Ram. 

The case of the prosecution was that on 23.8.2001 when Jeet Singh one of the employees of deceased - Relu Ram, and Sanjiv were sitting at the Saw Mill located by the side of Farm House of Relu Ram, a telephone call was received by Sanjiv (A2) from Sonia (A1) conveying her desire to celebrate Priyanka’s [deceased sister of Sonia] birthday at the Kothi at Litani Mor [place of occurrence] and that she would bring her from the hostel of Jindal School at Hisar the school she was studying in. At about 9.30 p.m. Sonia along with Priyanka reached home in a jeep. Thereafter, between 12 p.m., on hearing some noise of footsteps, PW 57, who was present at the Farm House, woke up and noticed that light in the room, where the spare parts of tractors etc. were kept, was on and upon inquiry found that Sonia was there in the room and he saw her taking a rod to the first floor which rod is used for raising/tilting the tractor from the ground.

Suicide Note

So far as Sonia was concerned, the prosecution case principally rests on (1) the Suicide Note alleged to have been written by her wherein she admitted having murdered eight persons, including three tiny tots, who were none other than her own immediate family members, (2) the judicial confession made by her to the Magistrate in the hospital where she was removed by the Police immediately after the occurrence and (3) bloodstained clothes of Sonia, blood group of which tallied with the blood group of deceased Sunil and Lokesh.

Polygraph Test

So far as Sanjiv is concerned, the case of the prosecution revolves around circumstantial evidence, extra-judicial confessions made by him to Sunder Singh, and Rajni Gandhi, Scientific Assistant, the result of the polygraph test to which he was put by the prosecution and the recoveries made at his instance by the police.