Additional District Judge Soumendra Kumar Rajguru on Tuesday awarded seven years’ jail term each to the accused of a dowry torture case at Kantatikra village under the Kolabira police station in the district.
The court awarded the victim woman’s husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law to undergo seven years jail as well as pay a fine of Rs 7,000 as penalty.
In case of non-payment of the fine they have to undergo another six months imprisonment.
In 2004, one Sasmita Biswal of Bandhbahal village got married to the accused Sunil Biswal of Kantatikra village under Kolabira PS. After some years, Sasmita was tortured by her in-laws demanding more dowries.
Even after Rs 10,000 was given as per the demands the in-laws continued to torture her as usual.
Due to physical and mental torture, Sasmita became seriously ill on July 3, 2011 and was admitted to the Jharsuguda Sadar Hospital, where she breathed her last on July 5.
Thereafter, parents of Sasmita lodged an FIR in Kolabira PS and acting on the said FIR, the police registered a case against the accused and forwarded them to court.