Observing that, being the mother, instead of protecting her children, the woman had devilishly devoured them, the Jharkhand High Court upheld a woman’s conviction and life sentence for murdering her two minor sons aged 4 years and 2 years with her alleged lover’s assistance. The appellant, being the mother, instead of protecting her children, had devoured them in a devilish fashion,” the court said on August 6. Mother convicted for killing her sonsThe petitioner-woman has challenged the 2021 trial court order of conviction and sentence for the offence punishable under Sections of murder, and has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life. The trial court convicted her under Section 302/34 IPC, prompting her to file the present plea before the high court. The court dismissed the woman’s plea and upheld the trial court’s judgment convicting her under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC.