Court sentences wife, lover to death in Meerut murder case

A sessions court in Meerut has sentenced Ravita and her accomplice Amardip to death for the murder of Amit Kashyap on April 12, 2025. The two were convicted of strangling Kashyap to death and subsequently placing a snake near his body to fabricate the appearance of death by snakebite.

The court's judgment, which referenced the moral exemplar Savitri while pronouncing the death sentence, underscored the premeditated and deceptive nature of the crime. Judges noted that the couple's deliberate attempt to mislead investigators by staging a false cause of death demonstrated exceptional callousness.

The case drew significant public attention in the Meerut region following the discovery of Kashyap's body. Investigators determined that the couple had meticulously planned the murder before executing it. During judicial proceedings, the premeditated nature of the offense and the conscious effort to obstruct justice weighed heavily in the court's determination.

The district court classified the crime as 'rarest of rare,' a legal designation reserved for the most heinous offenses in India's criminal justice system. This classification necessitates capital punishment under Indian law. Both convicts retain the right to appeal the decision in higher courts.