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HC Acquits Man of Killing Wife, Son; Says He Was Mentally Ill

Hindustan Times West UP

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June 04, 2025

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court recently acquitted a man, who had been serving a life sentence for allegedly murdering his wife and son in 2002, citing lack of "mens rea (criminal intention)" due to mental illness.

- MANOJ KUMAR SINGH

LUCKNOW:

"Let the accused-appellant, Rajesh @ Sajesh Tewari, be released from jail forthwith, if he is not wanted in any other case," the court ordered.

The judgment was passed by a division bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Justice Shree Prakash Singh on May 29 on an appeal filed by the convict Rajesh of Bahraich district.

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