{"id":55438,"date":"2019-02-18T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T07:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55438"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:33:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T07:03:07","slug":"man-and-family-members-get-life-term-for-wifes-death-over-dowry-demands-in-odisha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-and-family-members-get-life-term-for-wifes-death-over-dowry-demands-in-odisha","title":{"rendered":"Man and family members get life term for wife&#8217;s death over dowry demands in Odisha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/dowry-death.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" data-attachment-id=\"55443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-and-family-members-get-life-term-for-wifes-death-over-dowry-demands-in-odisha\/dowry-death-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/dowry-death.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" 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=\"dowry death\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/dowry-death.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/dowry-death.jpg?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/dowry-death.jpg?w=296&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/dowry-death.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a>A local court here has sentenced a man and three members of his family to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife over dowry within five months of the wedding in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Additional District Judge Prasanta Kumar Nayak awarded life sentence to Akhaya Kumar Pal, his father Laxmidhar Pal, mother Subhadra Pal and sister Priyatama Pal on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Akhaya&#8217;s brother, Ajay Kumar Pal, another accused in the case, died in jail during the trial of the case.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, after Akhaya of Jajpur district married Kusumalata Sahoo in June 2014, he and his family members tortured her for dowry.<\/p>\n<p>In November that year, the family of the victim was informed that her body was found in a pond.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, her brother lodged an FIR, alleging that Kusumlata was murdered by her in-laws over dowry and the five were arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local court here has sentenced a man and three members of his family to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife over dowry within five months of the wedding in 2014. 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