Baripada: A court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife.
Mayurbhanj District Additional Sessions Judge Satyanarayan Patra pronounced the verdict and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict Sk Samrat (25).
The judgement was pronounced after examining the statement of 22 witnesses and a medical report, Additional Public Prosecutor Krushna Chandra Das said.
During a quarrel, Samrat killed his wife Chumki Khatun (20) by strangulation at Kendukhal village June 4, 2021.
Following the incident, police registered a case under section 302 IPC and arrested the accused.
PTI