{"id":47989,"date":"2017-04-26T10:09:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T04:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47989"},"modified":"2017-04-26T10:09:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T04:39:05","slug":"tribal-woman-gets-life-sentence-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/tribal-woman-gets-life-sentence-murder","title":{"rendered":"Tribal woman gets life sentence for murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46500\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/killing.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46500\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-life-imprisonment-murder\/killing-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/killing.jpg?fit=306%2C165&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"306,165\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"killing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/killing.jpg?fit=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/killing.jpg?fit=306%2C165&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-46500 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/killing.jpg?resize=300%2C162&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tribal woman gets life sentence for murder\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/killing.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/killing.jpg?resize=150%2C81&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/killing.jpg?w=306&amp;ssl=1 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tribal woman gets life sentence for murder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A court today sentenced a tribal woman to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering a man in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Additional sessions judge of Mayurbhanj district&#8217;s Rairangpur sub-division, Aurobindo Kumar Guru, found Padma Birua (48) guilty of murder and sentenced her to life sentence and slapped a fine of Rs 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The woman had attacked Mohinikanta Hembram with an iron rod while he was sleeping at home over an old enmity.<\/p>\n<p>After six days, the victim succumbed to injuries at the SCB Medical College, Cuttack.<\/p>\n<p>Padu Hembram, the son of the deceased, had lodged an FIR with Badampahar Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the statements of the 16 witnesses and circumstantial evidences, the court passed the order.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court today sentenced a tribal woman to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering a man in 2014. 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