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A tribunal successful Alappuzha connected Monday (November 24, 2025) sentenced a antheral to decease for murdering a large pistillate astatine Kainakary successful the territory connected July 9, 2021.
Additional District and Sessions Court justice Suhaib M. sentenced Prabeesh, 36, a autochthonal of Nilambur, to decease and imposed a good of ₹2.5 lakh for murdering Anitha Sasidharan, 32, of Punnapra, Alappuzha.
The tribunal besides recovered Rejani, 38, a autochthonal of Kainakary, blameworthy successful the case, but her condemnation was not pronounced arsenic she is presently lodged successful a jailhouse successful Odisha pursuing her apprehension successful a narcotics case.
A warrant has been issued for her accumulation from the Odisha jailhouse and her condemnation volition beryllium announced aft proceeding her.
The tribunal awarded Prabeesh the decease punishment and a good of ₹1 lakh nether Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code. He was besides sentenced to beingness imprisonment and a good of ₹1 lakh nether Section 120 B (criminal conspiracy). Additionally, helium was sentenced to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment and a good of ₹50,000 nether Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence).
The tribunal acquitted some the accused of the complaint nether Section 316 of the IPC (causing the decease of an unborn child).
The decease punishment is taxable to confirmation by the Kerala High Court.
“Upon execution of the decease sentence, the custodial condemnation shall lapse. In lawsuit the decease condemnation is commuted oregon remitted by the due authorities, the accused volition beryllium entitled to acceptable disconnected the play of detention already undergone from July 13, 2021 till today,” the tribunal bid stated. Following the verdict, Prabeesh was shifted to the Kannur Central Prison. The tribunal directed that the good amount, if recovered, beryllium paid to the begetter and children of the deceased and instructed the District Legal Services Authority to guarantee compensation nether the Kerala Victim Compensation Scheme.
Ended 2 lives
“By their act, the accused extinguished 2 lives—that of Anitha, and that of the foetus that had developed for 5 months. The beingness of the unborn child, who had each anticipation of endurance and maturation had the gestation continued, was besides destroyed,” the tribunal observed. The tribunal held that the offence fell nether the “rarest of rare” category, warranting the decease penalty.
“Having considered the totality of circumstances, and upon weighing the aggravating factors, and particularly successful the lack of mitigating circumstances, I clasp that this lawsuit falls wrong the purview of the rarest of uncommon cases, wherever the lesser alternate is unquestionably foreclosed,” the judgement said.
Anitha’s assemblage was recovered floating successful the Pookaitha stream adjacent the Aryanthodu span successful Kainakary connected July 10, 2021. According to the prosecution, Prabeesh was successful a narration with some Anitha, a parent of 2 children, and Rejani, who was besides married. When Anitha became pregnant, helium allegedly pressured her to terminate the pregnancy. Anitha, who worked astatine a workplace successful Alathoor, Palakkad, was called to Rejani’s house, wherever the duo strangled her connected July 9, 2021, and aboriginal dumped her assemblage successful the river.
During the trial, 82 witnesses were examined, and 131 documents and 53 worldly objects were produced arsenic evidence.
