Kochi: A woman Saranya who killed her infant son to live with her male friend Nidhin in Kerala’s Kannur district was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined today, media reports said.
The Thaliparamba Additional Sessions Court convicted Saranya on January 19 for bashing the son Viyan on rocks near sea on February 17, 2020.
The court acquitted the second accused, Nidhin lack of evidence to prove conspiracy, abetment, or instigation.
The court flayed police for lapses in investigation.
Saranya pleaded leniency, stating that she was only 27 years old, had no one to support her, was not involved in any other criminal case, and was suffering from severe mental stress.
Saranya had a strained relationship with her husband Pranav whom the police mistook as the perpetrator.
However, scientific evidence, including traces of saltwater found on Saranya’s clothes and postmortem findings that confirmed death due to severe head injuries caused by impact with rocks, shifted suspicion to the mother. After sustained interrogation, Saranya confessed to the crime.
Saranya’s plan was to trap Pranav in the case blaming him for killing the child.
Mom gets life term for killing infant son
