India, Oct. 14 -- Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla, who were awarded the death penalty by a Meerut court for killing her husband, appeared to be in a "state of shock", advocate Krishan Kumar Dubey said on Wednesday.

"The entire nation was watching; the eyes of the public were fixed on what punishment the perpetrators of this crime would receive. They appeared to be in a state of shock; they were stunned. One can imagine the mental state of someone facing the death penalty," he said, news agency ANI reported.

The duo was found guilty of killing an ex-Merchant Navy officer, Saurabh Rajput. His body was allegedly found concealed inside a blue drum at his house.

The case sent shockwaves after the prosecution alleged that Rajput's ...