Additional Sessions Judge Ashok Panda on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment a man and his mother for killing his wife for dowry in August, 2013.
Convicted Bijaykrushna Bagudai and his mother Manjulata Bagudai were also slapped with Rs10,000 as penalty.
Others who were convicted are Suranjan Bagudai, the father in-law of the deceased, also a retired police officer of an inspector rank and Tilottama, a domestic help working in the house for aiding and abetting the crime.
Suranjan and Tilotama were sentenced for two years in jail with Rs2,000 fine. Two others tried in the case were acquitted by the court in the want of sufficient evidences.
The sensational incident took place at Harida village under Sadar police station of Baleswar. Deceased Puspalata Bagudai(Mahapatra) (22) was married to Bijay Krushna Bagudia, following a love relation in a temple. They had a son then of 4 year’s old.
The murder incident came to light after stench smell came out from the house of Bagudai. The villagers then suspecting something foul had alerted the father of the deceased Kailash Mahapatra.
The accused family then had swindled the father of the deceased that she had gone along with her husband and child elsewhere in a trip.
The body was exhumed by police in front of a magistrate from the backyard of Bagudai house and salt bags were found around the body.
The farther of the deceased, on August 15, 2013, had lodged an FIR alleging his daughter was murdered for dowry. Bijaykrushna had absconded after the crime. He was later nabbed from Bhadrak.