The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of a woman’s husband and son for burning her to death nearly twenty-five years ago, calling the evidence a “foolproof” chain that firmly established their guilt.

A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Vimal Kumar Yadav dismissed the appeal filed by the two men against their 2002 conviction for the murder of Gian Kaur. Her husband, Didar Singh, died during the pendency of the appeal, while her son, Maan Singh, has been absconding.

At the start of the judgment, the court reflected on the sanctity of a mother-child bond, noting that a mother carries her child “for nine months in her belly, three years in her arms, and forever in her heart.” Quoting the popular line “Poot kapoot sune hai par na maata sunee kumaata” , the bench observed tha

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