caption children birth_place image_size birth_date article_title name occupation
aishwariya rai and kiranjit ahluwalia -lrb- l-r -rrb- two sons chakkalal , punjab , india 241px 1955 kiranjit ahluwalia
 kiranjit ahluwalia human rights activist , author
kiranjit ahluwalia

kiranjit ahluwalia -lrb- born 1955 -rrb- is an indian woman who came to international attention after burning her husband to death in 1989 .
she claimed it was in response to ten years of physical , psychological , and sexual abuse .
after initially being convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison , ahluwalia 's conviction was later overturned on grounds of inadequate counsel and replaced with voluntary manslaughter .
although her submission of provocation failed -lrb- under `` r v duffy '' the loss of control needed to be sudden , which this was not -rrb- , she successfully pleaded the partial defence of diminished responsibility under s. 2 homicide act 1957 on the grounds that fresh medical evidence -lrb- which was not available at her original trial -rrb- may indicate diminished mental responsibility .
the film `` provoked '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- is a fictionalized account of ahluwalia 's life .
