Baripada, Jun 29 (PTI) A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife.

Mayurbhanj District Additional Sessions Judge Satyanarayan Patra pronounced the verdict and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict Sk Samrat (25).

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The judgement was pronounced after examining the statement of 22 witnesses and a medical report, Additional Public Prosecutor Krushna Chandra Das said.

During a quarrel, Samrat killed his wife Chumki Khatun (20) by strangulation at Kendukhal village on June 4, 2021.

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Following the incident, police registered a case under section 302 IPC and arrested the accused.

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