In Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the accused allegedly tried to make a killing look like a natural snake bite. According to the court record, Ravita and Amardeep Singh Bhatia murdered Amit Kashyap and then placed a snake near his body to suggest he had died from a bite.
Two strands of proof became central to the prosecution’s argument. First, postmortem reports on Amit Kashyap’s body contradicted the snake‑bite story, showing injuries inconsistent with such an attack. Second, investigators examined mobile call details that linked Ravita and Amardeep to the victim around the time of death, undermining any claim of a sudden, natural incident. These postmortem findings and call records were "crucial" in the case, providing the factual backbone that allowed the court to see through the fabricated narrative.
STORY | Meerut woman, lover sentenced to death for killing her husband, leaving snake on his bed as cover-up A court here on Friday sentenced a woman and her lover to death for killing her husband and leaving a live snake beside his body to make it look like a case of snakebite, officials said. READ: https://t.co/qu2n42fFtd
When the verdict was delivered, the atmosphere in the Meerut courtroom was charged. Both Ravita and Amardeep showed visible emotion during the hearing, a detail highlighted in the summaries.
Both Ravita and Amardeep showed visible emotion during the hearing, a detail highlighted in the summaries.
The presiding judge pronounced the verdict and, in doing so, invoked a cultural reference to Savitri, the legendary figure known for her devotion and willingness to confront death to save her husband. By invoking Savitri, the judge framed the crime not merely as a homicide but as an affront to a deeply held moral ideal about the sanctity of the marital bond. This statement underscored the gravity with which the court viewed the act: it was not just a crime against an individual but a violation of a societal and spiritual order.
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On the same day, the Meerut court sentenced Ravita and Amardeep Singh Bhatia to death for the murder of Amit Kashyap. The judgment explicitly cited the case’s extreme seriousness, the murder coupled with the attempt to disguise it as a snake bite, and the cultural allusion to Savitri as reasons for the capital punishment. The court found the couple guilty of killing Amit Kashyap. The story ends with the court’s decision, leaving the condemned pair to await the execution of the sentence that the judge deemed fitting for an act he equated with an assault on religion itself.