Hearing in a dowry death case at a Greater Noida court in Uttar Pradesh turned bloody on Friday after the main accused slashed his throat with a blade inside the court premises. The man was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital and was stated to be out of danger.
Meanwhile, the court has postponed the hearing into the case, officials said.
The man is identified as 35-year-old Shivam Singh, a resident of Pawli village in Greater Noida.
Singh’s wife was found dead at their home, following which her parents submitted a complaint to the Jarcha police.
He was arrested by the police in March 2022 and booked for suspected dowry death under section 304 B (punishment for dowry death) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and was jailed along with his brother. He is currently out on bail.
On Friday, Singh was to appear before the additional district judge’s fast-track court I, located in Surajpur, as the statements of the complainants in the case were to be recorded.
“As the hearing started in the court, Singh pulled out a blade from his clothes and slit his own neck,” the official said.
He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors said he was out of danger but under observation, according to the police.
The man reportedly has a daughter who lived with her maternal grandmother after his wife’s death.
This was not the first time he tried to kill himself. As per a report by Millennium Post, Singh tried to kill himself when he was in jail.
He had earlier told cops that everyone thinks he is a murderer because of which he does not want to live anymore.
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