Raj HC allows murder convicts to marry in jail
JODHPUR, July 17 -- The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday permitted two life convicts, a man imprisoned for murder and a woman serving life sentence for killing her husband, to marry at the Open Air Camp in Mandore, Jodhpur.
The court observed that the right of two consenting adults to marry is an inseparable facet of the right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, adding that such a marriage could further the process of rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
The division bench of justices Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Praveer Bhatnagar passed the order on Wednesday while disposing of a temporary suspension of sentence application filed by 33-year-old Moolaram, a resident of Jayal in Nagaur district.
According to his counsel, Kaluram Bhati, Moolaram was convicted by the additional sessions judge, Jayal, on August 19, 2023. However, he has remained in custody since February 16, 2017. A farmer, Moolaram was convicted for the murder of a neighbouring youth, whom he had allegedly taken away on a motorcycle during a dispute between their families. The victim's body was later recovered from a water tank. Moolaram is presently lodged at the Open Air Camp in Mandore.
The woman he intends to marry, 31-year-old Seema Ghadse, is also serving a life sentence after being convicted for murdering her husband. Originally from Maharashtra, Seema married a man in Jodhpur's Ghantaghar area in 2016. According to the prosecution case, barely two months after the marriage, she allegedly slit the wrists of her sleeping husband and initially claimed that burglars had entered the house. She was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2019. Seema is presently out on a 40-day parole and was present before the court during hearing. The bench directed, up to 21 family members from both sides, along with the priest, may be allowed to enter for the wedding....
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