The Bombay high court has granted bail to a man who was convicted for killing his brother’s pregnant wife with the help of another relative.
The Bombay high court has granted bail to a man who was convicted for killing his brother’s pregnant wife with the help of another relative. The body of Rehmat, the 24-year-old wife of Parvez Khan, a doctor, was found stuffed in a suitcase and left at Sandhurst road railway station of Central Railway in March 2011.
A case of murder was promptly registered.The police later arrested Parvez, his brother Tabrez Khan, an engineering student at the time of incident and his cousin Abdul Hasib Khan in connection with the incident.
While the trial court acquitted Abdul Hasib from all charges, Dr Parvez and Tabrez were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Bail has been granted to Tabrez Khan as the applicant has filed an appeal challenging the trial court order.Tabrez filed an appeal challenging trial court order convicting him and requested the court to grant him bail pending his appeal.
His lawyer Anil Lalla argued that the prosecution has put forth the two circumstances against the applicant Tabrez: he was seen in the photographs taken from the CCTV footage at Sandhurst road railway station wherein he was seen pulling the trolley bag alleged to have contained the dead body of Rehmat, and another circumstance that the odhani (dupatta) stained with human saliva was recovered at the instance of the applicant.
Mr Lalla that the photographs taken by CCTV camera are not clear and it cannot be said that it was applicant and DNA of the saliva on odhani did not match with deceased. After hearing arguments the court granted bail to Tabrez on personal bond of Rs 25,000.
Following the murder of Rehmat, police investigations revealed that she hailed from Bihar and had lived at Mumbra in Thane district.
According to the police, Rehmat and Parvez Khan, who were neighbours from Bihar, fell in love and got married in Delhi. The duo had come to Mumbra after their marriage, where they were staying.
