Woman denied bail in killing of daughters
New Delhi, April 13 -- A Delhi court on Saturday denied bail to a 54-year-old woman accused of killing her two daughters at their house in Malviya Nagar, saying that there were reasonable grounds to believe that she killed her children.
The order was passed by additional sessions judge Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi of Saket courts. The bail plea was moved by the accused, Sunita Arora. It stated, "There exists a prima facie case or reasonable ground to believe that the applicant committed the double murder of her daughters."
The incident dates back to March 5, 2026, when the husband of the accused police, saying his wife and daughters were not opening the door to the house. When police entered the house, they found the two sisters dead in separate rooms while their mother Sunita, was found unconscious with her wrist slit. The court said, "The doors were locked from inside. There were no signs of forced entry."
Noting that several physical objects were recovered from the house, the court said, "The desirability of granting bail to the applicant is very low." The accused's counsel cited Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (Presumption of severe stress in case of attempt to commit suicide) to argue that the accused was ailing from severe psychological stress allegedly due her husband. htc...
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