Facts

Anarul Huq was the accused person who was alleged to have murdered her wife(Ranjina Begum). They filed a murder case against him. The petitioner filed an appeal against the decision to the honorable High Court Division, where the punishment was a death sentence according to the Nari-o-Shishu-Nirjatan Daman Ain, 2000.

Issues

Shall the accused be guilty of murder in case of death or not?

Decision

Here, the advocate of the complaint could not prove that the accused, Anarul Huq, murdered the woman (Ranjina Begum). No case was proved under section 11(ka) of the Ain. Here, a principle was found that the High Court Division shall dispose of the case because if any case is instituted under any law and there is no proof, then the case shall be disposed of.

So the High Court division shall suggest that the complainant make a case under the relevant laws. Here, the accused was found guilty, but the advocate of the complainant could not prove that the woman was murdered for dower. But he killed the women. So this shall be considered under the Penal Code, and the accused might be punished under 302.

Justification

The medical board found 12 injuries on the person of the victim. In contrast, the accused claims that she committed suicide and was falsely implicated in the allegation of murder of the victim. So the honorable court reduced the punishment of the accused to life imprisonment under the said judgment.