Thane Court Sentences Man to Life for Wife’s Hammer Murder

Overview

• Principal District and Sessions Judge S. B. Agrawal convicted Vijay Mishra, also known as Samir Shaikh, under IPC 302 for murder and IPC 324 for injuring with a weapon, imposing life in prison, a concurrent three-year term, and fines totaling Rs 1,10,000.
• The court said the injured daughter’s testimony stayed consistent on the key facts and was free of reasonable doubt.
• Prosecutors said he went to his mother-in-law’s Mumbra home with a hammer in a bag in September 2023, locked the door, and attacked his estranged wife in front of their children.
• A post-mortem recorded 22 injuries and found the cause of death was severe head wounds.
• Witnesses described how he threatened people with a bomb-like object until the victim’s brother forced the door and restrained him for police.