OPID Special Judge and Additional Sessions Judge Biswajit Das on Tuesday convicted a person in Baleswar district for killing his wife for dowry and sentenced him to imprisonment for life.
The court also asked the convict to pay Rs 5,000 fine and in default to undergo another year’s jail term.
The convict Tapas Pradhan of village Nuagaon ,Bampada under the Industrial police station here had married Sarojini Mohanty of village Probadhpur under the Basudevpur police station of Bhadrak .
Sarojini died while undergoing treatment for burn injuries in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. Later, her father Purna Chandra Mohanty lodged an FIR with police on March10, 2021 that her daughter was burnt to death by Tapas on February 21, 2021 over dowry demands.
“Pradhan was tried under Sections 498(A), 302 of IPC and 4 of DP Act. The court after examining 14 witnesses and 20 exhibits sentenced him to life imprisonment,” said Special Public Prosecutor Pranab Panda.