A Sessions Court in Baleswar on Thursday convicted five people, including the husband, accused of killing a newly-wed woman for dowry in 2014.
The court awarded life sentence to all of them and pay a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each or undergo two more years imprisonment in default.
The convicts were identified as are Chittaranjan Jena ( victim’s husband), Debendra Jena, Subash Jena, Soumiya Jena and Sandhyarani Jena of village Pathadurga under the Singla police station .
According to a reports, Mandakini Jena, daughter of RatnakarKulari died on November 13, 2014 while undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar for burn injuries .
Ratnakar had lodged an FIR on Nov 17 , 2014 alleging that his daughter was set ablaze by her husband and the others after failing to get the dowry demand, a Glamor bike .
Police began investigation after registering a case against Mandakini’s husband , father-in-law, mother-in-law and two brother-in-laws under section of murder and Dowry Prohibition Act.
The court during trial cross-examined 22 witnesses and nine documents were presented by prosecution.