A Delhi court today awarded life term to a youth convicted for strangulating his employer's wife, a retired headmistress of a government school here.
Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri handed down the sentence to Deepak Devnath, hailing from Assam, and said there is "no chance of his (the convict) reformation".
The court also said that even though the motive has not been proved on the part of the convict, but "no one has given him the licence to take the precious life of a human being".
The judge said Deepak is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering deceased Vijay Nindra (65) and a fine of Rs 10,000 is also imposed on him.
According to the prosecution, Deepak was employed to look after the deceased's husband, who was in comma for last 8-9 years.
On September 9, 2011, police got the information that the landlady Vijay Nindra, wife of Ranbir Kumar Nindra, was killed at her house in Kalkaji locality of south Delhi.
Police said during the probe, the accused confessed his crime.
However, the counsel for Deepak during the arguments on sentence sought leniency saying he is young and there is a chance of his reformation. He also said that he is the sole bread winner for his family.
Denying police's allegation, Deepak's counsel said that the accused was employed to take care of the victim's husband but he did not commit any offence.
"The accused had no intention to kill the victim. He has been falsely implicated by the police simply to work out its case of murder," the counsel had said.
"It is not established on record as what was motive of accused in killing his own employer. Motive is the purpose for which an offender commits the crime. Motive is the force which impels a person to do the crime.
"It develops in the mind of offender himself. Same can be proved from the circumstances if there is direct evidence on record. No doubt motive is an ingredient of an offence but it is not always necessary to be proved on record particularly when there is other evidence enough to prove crime," the court had said, while convicting Deepak for murder and destroying evidence after the crime.
