Murder convict, Mohammad Naim Nabi Khan who killed his minor daughter filed an appeal before Bombay HC, accused doubted his wife’s character and claimed that the baby was not his and used to beat the child regularly.
On one fine day, the accused beat the child for urinating near the door of their house and then used a thin rope to strangulate her. When Jantunnisa tried to intervene and stop him, Khan threatened his wife with a knife and said he would kill her too.
His wife later took her unconscious daughter to hospital where she was declared dead.
A division bench of Bombay High Court upheld the conviction and life sentence of accused.