Overview

• Pathak, granted bail last year, is awaiting the High Court’s verdict on her life sentence for the April 2021 killing of her husband.
• Representing herself, the retired chemistry professor argued that post-mortem examinations cannot visually distinguish between electric and thermal burn marks.
• Prosecutors allege she administered a heavy dose of sleeping pills before electrocuting Neeraj Pathak and leaving Chhatarpur with their son.
• The state’s case rests on a voice recording of Neeraj claiming he was tortured and testimony from the couple’s driver about Pathak’s confession of a “big mistake.”
• Investigators also noted a withdrawn domestic abuse complaint by Pathak and allegations of Neeraj’s extramarital affair as context for their troubled marriage.