Archive · 18 Dec 2025
Court Upholds Life Term for Husband in Anupama Gulati Murder Case
A man named Rajesh Gulati was found guilty of killing his wife, Anupama Gulati.
He cut her body into many pieces and kept them in a freezer.
The court gave him a life sentence and a big fine.
His wife's brother found out about the murder when he visited from Delhi.
The high court recently agreed with the lower court's decision and kept the punishment the same.
The Uttarakhand High Court upheld the life sentence of Rajesh Gulati for murdering his wife, Anupama Gulati.
Rajesh Gulati was accused of dismembering his wife's body into 72 pieces and storing them in a deep freezer.
The murder was discovered on December 12, 2010, when Anupama's brother visited from Delhi.
The Dehradun court initially sentenced Rajesh Gulati to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 15 lakh on September 1, 2017.
The fine includes Rs 70,000 to be deposited in the government treasury and the rest to be kept in a bank for Anupama's children until they become adults.
- Who
- Rajesh Gulati, a software engineer, was accused of murdering his wife, Anupama Gulati.
- What
- Rajesh Gulati was convicted of brutally murdering his wife, dismembering her body, and storing the pieces in a deep freezer.
- When
- The murder occurred on October 17, 2010, and was discovered on December 12, 2010. The sentence was upheld on an unspecified recent date.
- Where
- The crime took place in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. The case was heard by the Uttarakhand High Court.
- Why
- The motive behind the murder is not explicitly stated in the article.
- Victim
- Anupama Gulati
- Accused
- Rajesh Gulati
- Crime Date
- October 17, 2010
- Discovery Date
- December 12, 2010
- Sentencing Date
- September 1, 2017
- Sentence
- Life imprisonment
- Fine
- Rs 15 lakh
- Court
- Uttarakhand High Court
