A court in Bihar's Darbhanga district today sentenced a man and his mother to life imprisonment for killing his wife four years ago for failing to bring adequate dowry.
The additional district and sessions judge Sunil Kumar Singh passed the order sentencing Naresh Yadav and his mother Buchni Devi to rigorous life imprisonment after finding them guilty of the murder of Yadav's wife Ratna Kumari for dowry.
According to prosecution, the victim was strangulated to death with a rope by the convicted persons at their house in Pelia village under Kamtaul police station area after she failed to bring a buffalo and a bed in dowry.
Kumari's father Gopalkant Yadav had lodged a named FIR against Yadav and his mother charging them with the murder of his daughter for dowry.
Published 05 September 2012, 12:24 IST