Sharon Raj died a mysterious death on 25th October, it is alleged that he was poisoned by his girlfriend in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, because he was reluctant to end the relationship.
Who was Sharon Raj and How he met his Girlfriend?
Sharon was a final-year BS.c Radiology student at a private college at Neyyoor in Kanyakumari district. Greeshma was a Literature student. The two met on a bus journey and had been in a relationship for over a year, Sharon's family alleged. However, her family was against their relationship. Greeshma also wanted to end the relationship as her marriage had been fixed with another man. Sharon was reportedly not willing to break up.
What happend at Sharon's Girlfriend house.
According to Rejin, while he was waiting outside the house of Sharon's girlfriend he came out vomiting. On our way back, he kept vomiting and it was blue in colour. According to Sharon Greeshma had given him the leftover of a Kashayam (an Ayuredic concoction) that she had also consumed. The two then drank mango juice as part of a social media trend. But he clarified that he did not see her drink the concoction.
Hospital and its reports
While Sharon came out from her house, he was vomiting, he was admitted to the Parassala Government Hospital the same day, later moved to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital. Several rounds of dialysis were performed and his lungs were found to be severely damaged. Doctors noted that he consumed and acidic substance which had caused this. On 25 Oct, he dies due to cardiac arrest caused by organ failure.
Sharon's dying declaration under Sec 32 of Evidence Act
Sharon's dying declaration recorded in front of Magistrate. Intriguingly, he refused to accuse her and said that no one poisoned him. He said that Greeshma had given him the leftover of Kashayam (An Ayurvedic concoction) that she had also consumed. The two then drank mango juice as part of a social media trend. But he clarified that he did not see her drink the concoction.
Greeshma's confession
Garima confessed that she had murdered Sharon to get out of their relationship. She said she had laced the concoction with pesticide.
Key Evidence Recovered
"Kapiq" pesticide bottle had recovered, which she is suspected to have used for the murder. Police also found that she had searched on Google about poisoning, before the incident. Police found the bottle at a nearby pond during evidence collection. The bottle label was also found near the steps of Greeshma's house. They also recovered four drinking water bottles from a cowshed at her home that contained green and blue liquids. The nature and chemical composition of the liquids is yet to be ascertained. Evidence collection was also done at the shop which sold the pesticide.
Angle of Superstition?
Sharon's brother Shimon Raj, who is an Ayurveda practitioner, told reporters that there was a possibility that Sharon was being slow-poisoned for a while. He alleged that she was reluctant to reveal the name of the concoction she gave him, and had sent an image downloaded from the internet when he had pestered her.
Jayaraj told that since her horoscope had predicted that her first husband will die, they suspected that the woman might have killed Sharon, hoping it would allow her to lead a happy family life. The couple had tied the know secretly, he alleged.
Greeshma in her confession rejected the allegations about her marriage with Sharon. The police chief brushed aside the conspiracy theory stating this was a story made up by Greeshma to make Sharon break up with her. "As of now, we haven't received any evidence to prove that she was slow-poisoning him. They were in relationship. But ever since her marriage was fixed, she had been continuously trying to leave him," he said.
What sections of IPC will attract
Section 328: Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence -
Section 302: Punishment for Murder
Section 120-B: Punishment for criminal conspiracy. - According to the Hindu, family members of the girls was involved in the murder of the Sharon.
Confession and Dying declaration in Evidence Act
Section 25: Confession to police officer not to be proved - No confession made to a police officer, shall be proved as against a person accused of any offence.
Section 26: Confession by accused while in custody of police not to be roved against him - No confession made by any person whilst he is in the custody of a police officer, unless it be made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate, shall be proved as against such person.
Section 32(1): When it relates to cause of death - When the statement is made by a person as the cause of his death, or as to any of the circumstances of the transaction which resulted in his death, in cases in which the cause of that person's death comes into question. Such statements are relevant whether the person who made them was or was not, at the time when they were made, under expectation of death, and whatever may be the nature of the proceeding in which the cause of his death comes into question.
Section 281 CrPC - Record of examination of accused
This section deals with the mode of recording examination of the accused by a Metropolitan Magistrate and any Magistrate is required to make a memorandum of the substance of the examination of the accused, any other Magistrate or the Presiding Judge of the Sessions Court is required to record in full the whole of such examination including every question put to him and the answer given by him.
The examination of an accused under this section is subject to the purpose referred to in Section 313, viz., "to enable him to explain any circumstances appearing against him and not to supplement the case for the prosecution against him to show that he is guilty.
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