Immediately after the pronouncement of the order, 51-year-old Ilyasi, who was brought from Tihar jail, shouted that he was innocent and the award of life sentence is an "injustice".
Seventeen years after he killed his wife, Anju, and concocted a false story to save himself, Suhaib Ilyasi, former television producer and host of 'India's Most Wanted', was awarded life imprisonment on Wednesday by a Delhi court. Immediately after the pronouncement of the order, 51-year-old Ilyasi, who was brought from Tihar jail, shouted that he was innocent and the award of life sentence is an "injustice".
Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar Malhotra also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on the convict, with an additional Rs 10 lakh to be given to the parents of the deceased as compensation. Malhotra said that the crime does not fall in the jurisdiction of "rarest of the rare crime" and ends of justice would be met if the convict is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Rukma Singh, Anju's mother, expressed satisfaction over the court's order and said, "I am satisfied with the verdict. As long as he is convicted, I am fine."
The court held that Anju knew everything about the frauds committed by Illyasi to secure a job and that he possessed two passports. "Evidence suggests that the accused was at the pinnacle of his career and had earned immense reputation/success from his show 'India's Most Wanted' and his wife, who knew about all the forgeries and wrong acts — i.e possessing two passports, using a fake degree to get a job, committing credit card fraud, etc. — could have let the public know these facts, which could very easily ruin his hard earned success. She had made up her mind to leave the accused and settle down in Canada. As such, the circumstances so appear, that would have impelled the accused to go to any extent," the court said in its 125-page order.
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
 "Suhaib Ilyasi")
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}