India News | Odisha: Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Killing Neighbour over Land Dispute

Balasore, Mar 27 (PTI) A 43-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Odisha's Balasore district for killing his neighbour over a land dispute.

The court of Additional Sessions Judge Biswajit Das also imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on the convict, Samarendra Malik.

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The murder had happened in Pinchhabania in the Nilgiri police station area on July 8, 2022. Malik had attacked his neighbour Baidhar Barsal with a sharp-edged weapon following an altercation over a land dispute.

Barsal succumbed to his injuries on the way to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, where he was sent from the district hospital in Balasore.

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Malik was convicted under IPC section 302 (murder) and the Arms Act.

The court delivered its verdict after examining 15 witnesses, 18 exhibits and six material objects.

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