Woman sentenced to lifer acquitted by Calcutta High Court

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Dec 04 2013 | 9:47 PM IST
A woman who was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly conspiring to murder her husband, was acquitted today by the Calcutta High Court.
In 2000, the husband, Kunal Bose, had left his Gariahat residence in south Kolkata for dinner, but did not return and his body was found later.
Kunal's mother Anuradha, had accused Kunal's wife Aparajita of conspiring to kill her husband with an alleged associate Nantu Roy.
Aparajita had been sentenced to life imprisonment along with Roy for conspiring to kill Kunal, by the Additional Districts and Sessions Judge Alipore in 2003.
Aparajita, who was arrested in 2000 after the murder was in jail for 13 years.
Aparajita had moved an appeal before the Calcutta High Court in May 2012.
A division bench comprising Justices Asim Roy and Suman Baidya today acquitted Aparajita, a mother of two children, observing that no proof of conspiracy was established against her.
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First Published: Dec 04 2013 | 9:47 PM IST

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