The District Sessions Judge, Sundargarh sentenced two brothers to life imprisonment for killing a person in the year 2013.
According to sources, one Jayanand Kishan had been hacked to death by Bhagirathi Kishan, Dasarathi Kishan and three others at Duduki under the Dharuadih police station on June 3, 2013. Bhagirathi and Dasarathi are siblings.
On a complaint lodged by Jayanand’s brother, the Dharuadih police had registered a case and arrested all the five accused. While the three others were released on bail, the two brothers had been in jail since then.
District Sessions Judge Manas Ranjan Barik examined as many as 25 witnesses and sentenced Dasarathi and Bhagirathi to life imprisonment on Tuesday. Besides, he also imposed fine of Rs 20,000 on each of them, failing which they would undergo another year in prison. The judge acquitted the three others.