The Kollam Additional District and Sessions Judge has found S Kiran Kumar, accused in the sensational Vismaya case, guilty on Monday. Judge Sujith KN pronounced the judgement convicting Kiran, Vismaya’s husband, after a four-month-long trial. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on Tuesday.

The Kollam Additional District and Sessions Judge has found S Kiran Kumar, accused in the sensational Vismaya case, guilty on Monday. Judge Sujith KN pronounced the judgement convicting Kiran, Vismaya’s husband, after a four-month-long trial. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on Tuesday.

Kiran, the only accused in the case, has been convicted under three sections- 304B (Dowry death), 498A (Dowry harassment) and 306 (Abetment to suicide), respectively, under the IPC. The digital evidence including Vismaya and Kiran’s phone recordings before her death turned out to be vital proof in the case. The case pertains to an Ayurveda medical student committing suicide over dowry harassment. Vismaya, a 24-year-old student of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery, was found dead in her husband’s house on June 21 under mysterious circumstances after she had complained of dowry harassment.

The case pertains to an Ayurveda medical student committing suicide over dowry harassment