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For Killing 6, Including Wife, Children, Court Upholds Death Penalty For Man

We find no remorse on the part of convict Sarvan, the court said. (Representational)Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has upheld the death sentence awarded by a CBI court to a man convicted of killing six people, including his wife and their three children, in 2009.The convict, Sarvan, had also killed his neighbour and her son.The bench on Tuesday also upheld the four-year rigorous imprisonment awarded to Sarvan's sister-in-law Suman for tampering with evidence.Sarvan killed his wife Santoshi (35) and children Ravi (1), Sumiran (4) and Ramroop (6) after she objected to his extra-marital affair with his sister-in-law. He also killed their neighbour Madhuri (50) and her son Rajendra (11) when they tried to intervene.Earlier, public prosecutor Vimal Srivastava argued t...