Panna royal family's daughter-in-law sentenced

Chhatarpur, MP, Mar 22 (UNI) A daughter-in-law of the Panna royal family has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for beating up her mother-in-law and three months' imprisonment for beating up her sister-in-law.

Judicial Magistrate A K Pandey awarded the concurrent prison terms under different sections of the IPC to Jiteshwari Devi, wife of Yuvraj Raghvendra Singh.

A fine of Rs 200 was imposed on her in both the cases.

Jiteshwari has expressed her intention to seek bail and appeal in a higher court in this regard.

According to prosecution, Jiteshwari had beaten up her mother-in-law Maharani Dilhar Kumari and sister-in-law Krishna Kumar while they were getting some construction work done at Baharganj Kothi on January 22. She also threatened to kill them.

A complaint was lodged against her in the Mandala police station on the same day.

Annoyed with the complaint, Jiteshwari entered the Kothi with a sharp weapon and intending to kill the Maharani. However, she escaped and lodged a complaint in the Panna Kotwali.

UNI