JAMMU, Oct. 13 -- Courts in Jammu and Kashmir have convicted three persons in a murder case, overturned an acquittal in a fatal road accident case and rejected bail pleas in two separate criminal cases, the Prosecution Department said on Tuesday.
In a case registered under FIR No. 109/2022 at Batamaloo police station, Additional Sessions Judge Farooq Ahmad Bhat on October 13 convicted Hafeeza Begum, Parveez Ahmad Dar and Shahnawaz Ahmad Dar under Sections 302 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the smothering death of a married woman at her matrimonial home.
The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence, witness testimonies and medical evidence to establish the case. Public Prosecutor Riyaz Ahmed argued that the circumstances...