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Additional District and Sessions Judge has awarded life imprisonment to a man after convicting him in a murder case lodged filed in 2020.
Keonjhar, Oct 10: Additional District and Sessions Judge has awarded life imprisonment to a man after convicting him in a murder case lodged filed in 2020.
The judge has also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict, identified as Bibhishan Ho.
According to the information, Bibhishan, a resident of Paitapani village under Anandpur area in Keonjhar district, killed co-villager Pratap Nayak by shooting an arrow at him in November 2020. He committed the crime over a past rivalry between them.
Acting on a complaint filed by Pratap's wife, the police conducted an investigation and arrested Bibhishan. The police later charge-sheeted him in the case.
Taking the complaint of his wife and statements of 18 witnesses, the court convicted him and awarded the punishments.
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