India, Dec. 11 -- A Ghaziabad court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a 32-year-old woman who, along with her female neighbour, was found guilty of murdering her 11-year-old stepson at her house in Modinagar in October 2023. Police had discovered the body dumped in a septic tank with stones tied to it.

The court headed by additional sessions judge Vinod Kumar awarded life imprisonment to the boy's stepmother, Rekha Sain, and also to her neighbourhood friend Poonam Verma. Both were found guilty under IPC section 302/34 (murder with common intention) and also under section 201/34 (destruction of evidence with common intention).

The incident took place on October 15, 2023, at Rekha's house in Govindpuri locality as the boy went missi...