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Man, Wife Sentenced To Life For Daughter's Murder In Gonda
A judge in a city called Gonda made a big decision about a very sad crime.
A man named Rajesh Shukla and his wife Kiran were sent to prison for the rest of their lives.
They were punished for hurting Rajesh's daughter, a young woman named Shweta, so badly that she died.
This happened at night in a village area called Tulsipur Madhavganj in the summer of 2024.
At first, Rajesh called the emergency number 112 and said his brothers had hurt him and his daughter.
But when the police checked, they found out that Rajesh and Kiran were the ones who did it.
The police say Shweta had said no to a marriage, and that made her family angry.
The couple tried to blame Rajesh's brothers, but the judge did not believe them.
Now Rajesh and Kiran each have to pay a fine of Rs 25,000 and stay in prison for life.
A court in Gonda sentenced Rajesh Shukla and his wife Kiran to life imprisonment and a Rs 25,000 fine each for the murder of his daughter Shweta.
Shweta was killed on the night of June 10-11, 2024, in Tulsipur Madhavganj under the Dhanepur police station area.
Rajesh Shukla had called the 112 emergency service claiming his brothers assaulted him and his daughter, who was declared dead at the hospital.
The couple was arrested on June 12, 2024, and a chargesheet was filed against them on July 11, 2024.
Prosecution alleged the father and stepmother slit Shweta's throat because she opposed marriage to a man accused in a dowry death case.
- Who
- Rajesh Shukla and his wife Kiran, convicted of murdering Shweta, Rajesh's daughter; the case was decided by District and Sessions Judge Durga Narayan Singh.
- What
- The couple was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 25,000 each for Shweta's murder.
- Where
- Tulsipur Madhavganj under the Dhanepur police station area, in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- The murder happened on the night of June 10-11, 2024; the sentence was announced on a Tuesday and reported on Wednesday.
- Why
- Prosecution said Shweta opposed a marriage proposal to a man accused in a dowry death case, and Rajesh also had a dispute with his brothers over ancestral property.
Prosecution's Account
Convicts' Claim
Who killed Shweta?
Prosecution's Account
Prosecution alleged Rajesh Shukla and Kiran slit Shweta's throat with a knife because she opposed the marriage they wanted, then made a false 112 call blaming Rajesh's brothers.
Convicts' Claim
Rajesh Shukla had called the 112 emergency service claiming his brothers assaulted him and his daughter, shifting responsibility for the attack to his brothers.
Key facts
- Convicts
- Rajesh Shukla and Kiran (father and stepmother of the victim)
- Victim
- Shweta
- Sentence
- Life imprisonment and Rs 25,000 fine each
- Court
- District and Sessions Court, Gonda (Judge Durga Narayan Singh)
- Date of incident
- Night of June 10-11, 2024
- Location
- Tulsipur Madhavganj, Dhanepur police station area, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh
- Date of arrest
- June 12, 2024
- Chargesheet filed
- July 11, 2024






