Patiala:
They had been married for eight months and wanted a life a little more comfortable than what they were used to. So Sonia and Jasvir, both in their early 20s, decided to kidnap a 16-year-old from Hoshiarpur.
In 2005, they picked up the son of a local businessman outside his school. They asked for 50 lakhs in ransom, when the teenager's family didn't pay up, he was given sedatives that led to his death.
A court gave Sonia a life sentence, and the death penalty to Jasvir. Husband and wife are currently in the Patiala Jail.
Now, they're making headlines again. "Both have asked court that they be allowed to have conjugal rights in the jail itself. It has been allowed in many developed countries and is successful,'' says their lawyer, Gursharan Kaur.
Sonia says she wants to conceive before Jasvir is hanged.
''We have no example or no instruction on this. This has never happened before. They are in separate cells,'' says Jeevan Garg, the Superintendent of Patiala Central Jail.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court will hear the case on May 24.
If the court agrees to their request, and Sonia gets pregnant, it may also be up to the court to indicate what should happen to the couple's child. Available options include the child being raised in special prison facilities, in a government home, or by either set of grandparents.