Dowry death case: BSP ex-MP, wife jailed, fined

ghaziabad — Convicted former Bahujan Samaj Party MP Narendra Kashyap and his wife Devindri Devi were awarded simple imprisonment of three and a half years each in the dowry death case of their daughter-in-law Himani Kashyap in 2016.

Additional District Judge Shashi Bhushan Pandey pronounced simple imprisonment to the couple along with fine of Rs10,000 each on them.

The court ordered three-month simple imprisonment in case the penalty was not paid by the two.

Defence lawyer Ram Autar Gupta urged for minimum punishment since the former member of parliament is a lawyer and claimed his conduct was good. However, the court disagreed and awarded the former Rajya Sabha member simple jail term.

The former MP will now have to move the High Court for bail since he could have got the same from the Sessions court in case the sentencing was for three years.

The defence had also asked for three-year jail for Kashyap’s wife on medical grounds but the court rejected the plea.

On January 24, the court had held the former BSP leader Narendra Kashyap, his wife, and their son guilty in the case.

On January 25, the judge had awarded seven-year imprisonment to Sagar Kashyap, former MP’s son and husband of deceased Himani, and fined him Rs50,000. Narendra Kashyap and his wife were sent to judicial custody.

A case was registered against Kashyap and his family members for killing Himani, 29, after her uncle Om Prakash alleged that she was shot dead for not bringing enough dowry. —