US EditionWedding Behind Bars: Love Blossoms in Jaipur Open-Air Prison
The Rajasthan High Court approved 15-day parole for two life convicts who fell in love while jailed to marry, with the marriage set in Alwar district.
- On January 7 the Rajasthan High Court ordered the parole committee to clear parole for Priya Seth, life convict , and Hanuman Prasad, life convict , who will marry in Baroda Mev, Alwar district.
- At Sanganer open jail the pair fell in love and decided to marry after growing close over the past year under the Rajasthan Prisoners Open Air Camp Rules, 1972.
- Court records show Seth was convicted for the 2018 murder of Dushyant Sharma , while Prasad was found guilty in a 2017 Alwar case that killed a man, his three sons and a nephew.
- Sandeep Loharia, counsel for Dushyant Sharma's family, said they will challenge the parole in the High Court, saying they were not informed amid widespread public and media reaction in Jaipur.
- Reports differ on the wedding date, saying it could be Thursday or Friday, while Priya Seth's family background and lifestyle details have intensified public fascination.
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Two convicts, serving life in Rajasthan open jail for high-profile murders, set to marry
Priya Seth (34) is in jail for trapping a man on a dating app and later strangling him and stuffing his body into a suitcase. Hanuman Prasad (29) conspired with a woman he was in a relationship with and killed her husband and her kids.
A unique wedding took place on Basant Panchami in Alwar, Rajasthan, where Priya Seth and Hanuman Choudhary, who are serving life sentences in Jaipur Open Jail, married. The two met in prison. After being granted 15-day parole by the court, the wedding took place according to Hindu rituals at a hotel in Alwar with the consent of their families.
After live-in in open jail, murderers serving life term get parole for wedding
A romance between two murder convicts that began inside an open jail in Rajasthan has spilt into public life. Both life convicts of India's most brutal murder cases, have walked out on parole to marry.
Wedding Behind Bars: Love Blossoms in Jaipur Open-Air Prison
In Jaipur's open-air prison, convicts Priya Seth and Hanuman Prasad, both serving life sentences for murder, fell in love and are set to marry. They were granted 15-day parole for their union. The decision has faced legal challenges, yet the wedding proceeds in Prasad's hometown.
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