The Additional District Judge (ADJ), Keonjhar on Monday sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for killing a couple on suspicion of practising witchcraft in the year 2014.
Hearing the case via a videoconferencing, the ADJ convicted the three out of total 12 accused under the Section 302 and 450 of the IPC. The judge also slapped fine of Rs 15,000 on each of them, said reports.
The three convicts are Basant Dehury, Goutam Penthei and Mitu Mallick.
On October 10, 2014, Rajendra Dehury and his wife Jema were beheaded by miscreants at Saharpur village under Nayakote police limits in the district.