Former TV producer Suhaib Ilyasi has beensentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for murder of his wife.
The court had on Saturday convicted the former television producer for murdering his wife Anju 17 years ago. Ilyasi, who shot to fame with the TV show 'India's Most Wanted', was present in the court room and immediately taken into custody.
Suhaib was found guilty on the charge of murder under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code. He faces a minimum punishment of life imprisonment and the maximum of death penalty in the case.
The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge S K Malhotra.
Advocate Manu Sharma, who represented Suhaib during the protracted trial, said that the court would hear the arguments on the quantum of sentence to be awarded to the convict on December 20.
Lawyer Satender Sharma, who appeared on behalf of key witness and mother of Anju, Rukma Singh, said the Delhi High Court had in August 2014 ruled that Suhaib would face the charge of murder for the death of his wife.
He was earlier charged with comparatively milder sections including 304 B (dowry death) of the IPC.
Ilyasi was arrested on March 28, 2000 and later, charges were framed against him in the case after his sister-in-law and mother-in-law alleged that he used to torture his wife for dowry.
Police had chargesheeted Ilyasi on March 29, 2003, and the court later framed charges against him under sections 498A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) and 304B (dowry death) of the IPC.
Later in 2014, the Delhi High Court said Ilyasi would have to face murder charge for the death of his wife.
Rukma Singh had filed a plea before th High Court seeking inclusion of the additional charge of murder against Ilyasi for the death of her daughter.
Anju was rushed to a hospital on January 11, 2000 with stab wounds she received at her East Delhi residence.
Suhaib was arrested on March 28, 2000 and later charges were framed against him in the case after his sister-in-law and mother-in-law alleged that he used to torture his wife for dowry.
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