The Additional District and Sessions Judge on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to three persons of a family for killing a woman over dowry.
In March, 2013, Laxmi, daughter of one Akshay Mallick of Kakharuni village under the Pattamundai police station in the district, was set ablaze by her in-laws at Kataramalla village for dowry.
Based on a complaint lodged by father of the deceased, police had arrested Laxmi’s husband Sushant Mallick, her father-in-law Agasta Mallick and mother-in-law Mukta in this connection.
Hearing the case, ADJ Pragyan Panigrahi sentenced three of them to life imprisonment. The Judge pronounced the verdict after examining statements of seven witnesses.
The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 1,000 on each convict. In default the three will undergo additional one year imprisonment.