New Delhi, Oct 28: Eight years after former youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma allegedly murdered his wife Naina Sahni and burnt the body in a "tandoor" of a restaurant here, the trial court would pronounce the judgement in the case tomorrow. The prosecution has submitted 62 judgements in support of its case, while the defence cited 32 rulings, Additional Sessions Judge G P Thareja had said on September 23, adding that it would take at least a month more to study fully each and every judgement. He then fixed October 29 as the date for delivering the judgement.

According to the 19-page charge-sheet submitted by Delhi Police, Sharma had doubts about Sahni`s fidelity. He assumed she was still maintaining an affair with her class-mate and fellow Congress worker Matloob Karim. This suspicion led to their marital discord.


Sharma bashed Sahni up on many occasions, police alleged. Besides, while Sharma wanted to keep his marriage with Sahni a secret affair, she asked him to make it public.

On July 2, 1995, when Sharma reached his flat at Mandir Marg in the heart of the Capital, he saw Sahni having liquor and talking to someone on the telephone, police alleged. Sharma bashed Sahni up on many occasions, police alleged. Besides, while Sharma wanted to keep his marriage with Sahni a secret affair, she asked him to make it public.


On July 2, 1995, when Sharma reached his flat at Mandir Marg in the heart of the Capital, he saw Sahni having liquor and talking to someone on the telephone, police alleged.


Seeing him, she put down the receiver. Sharma doubted that she was conversing with Karim and redialled the number, police alleged, adding his suspicion was confirmed when Karim responded at the other end. Sushil Sharma got angry and allegedly fired three shots from his licensed revolver. While one bullet pierced through Sahni`s head, the other hit her in the neck, police said, adding the third missed her and hit an air conditioner.

Sahni died on the spot, police alleged. Sharma later wrapped her body and took into his car and burnt it in the tandoor.

That night, Sharma stayed with his IAS friend D K Rao at Gujarat Bhavan, the chargesheet said, adding the next day he fled to Jaipur.


From there, Sharma went to Mumbai and later Chennai and got anticipatory bail. A police team led by Additional Commissioner of Police Maxwell Pereira flew to Chennai. But Sharma escaped to Bangalore, where he surrendered on July 10. He was arrested and brought to Delhi, police said.

The police recovered Sharma`s revolver and blood-stained clothes and sent them to Lodhi Road forensic laboratory. They also took blood sample of Sahni`s parents - Harbhajan Singh and Jaswant Kaur - and sent them to Hyderabad for DNA test.

The lab report says: "Blood sample preserved by the doctor while conducting the postmortem and the blood stains on two leads recovered from the skull and the neck of the body of deceased Naina are of `b` blood group."


The DNA test report says: "The tests prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the charred body is that of Naina Sahni who is the biological offspring of Mr Harbhajan Singh and Jaswant Kaur."


In the chargesheet, the prosecution had listed 99 witnesses but later it dropped 18 of them. However, the court recalled six witnesses later taking the total prosecution witnesses to 87 apart from the six court witnesses. Over 450 dates were given in the case. Bureau Report