The Additional District and Session Judge of Jajpur on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Nidhia Tantia, to life imprisonment for killing his brother-in-law at Ganabhalua village under the Jenapur police station two years back.
Judge Rohitalal Panda also slapped a fine of `25,000 on Tantia for the offence.
Tantia, a tribal of Ganabhalua village, had hacked his brother-in-law Pandava Sidhu (26) to death on January 14, 2014.