The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of a husband and his son in a harrowing case in which a woman named Gian Kaur was allegedly burned alive in her own home. The Court found the evidence against them overwhelming and described the prosecution’s case as “foolproof.” According to the Court, Kaur gave a detailed dying declaration both to a doctor and to a magistrate, naming her husband and her grown-up son as the perpetrators. She stated that they poured kerosene over her and set her on fire, and that declaration was held to be consistent, voluntary, and free from fabrication or coercion. The Court expressly rejected the notion that she had any motive to falsely implicate her husband or son, pointing out that she stood to gain nothing from doing so.
The evidence presented before the Court included not only the dying declaration, but also medical reports and eyewitness testimony, which together formed a complete chain of proof. Kaur had sustained nearly 100 percent burns, and the Court observed that the nature and extent of her injuries made it implausible that her death was the result of an accident or self-immolation. Her daughter and son (who had been named in her declaration) transported her to the hospital, but she succumbed to the injuries on the same day.
On hearing the appeal, the convicts argued that there was no clear motive — particularly for a son to kill his mother — but the Court dismissed this defence. The justices held that the absence of a neatly articulated motive does not weaken the prosecution’s case when the material on record, including the declaration and other corroborative evidence, point strongly towards guilt. The Court remarked that for a bond between mother and child to be so violently severed, there must have been something truly grave, and it was not bound to accept only neatly explained motives when the factual matrix itself was compelling.
In view of all these factors, the High Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment. The convictions of the husband and son stand, and their appeal has been dismissed, reinforcing that Gian Kaur’s death was neither accidental nor self-inflicted but a result of a deliberate and brutal act of violence.
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