<p>Jajpur: A man and his wife were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Saturday for murdering their 15-year-old daughter after finding out her pregnancy from a relationship that was not acceptable to the family.</p>.<p>The Fast Track Special Court also imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on the convicts.</p>.Odisha Police SI arrested for taking bribe to register case.<p>The incident had taken place in a village in the Binjharpur police station area in 2016.</p>.<p>The identities of the convicts are being withheld as the victim was a minor.</p>.<p>The girl, then a class 10 student, was in a relationship with a married man from her village. After her parents found out, they tried to persuade her to break up, but she did not listen to them, according to the prosecution.</p>.<p>They allegedly strangled their daughter in her sleep as they believed that she brought "dishonour" to the family. They then discreetly cremated her body and dumped her remains in a nearby river.</p>.<p>The father was arrested after the village head, finding out what had happened, lodged a police complaint. The father confessed to the murder, following which the mother was also arrested, the prosecution said.</p>.<p>The court gave the verdict on the basis of the statements of three witnesses and other evidence.</p>
<p>Jajpur: A man and his wife were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Saturday for murdering their 15-year-old daughter after finding out her pregnancy from a relationship that was not acceptable to the family.</p>.<p>The Fast Track Special Court also imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on the convicts.</p>.Odisha Police SI arrested for taking bribe to register case.<p>The incident had taken place in a village in the Binjharpur police station area in 2016.</p>.<p>The identities of the convicts are being withheld as the victim was a minor.</p>.<p>The girl, then a class 10 student, was in a relationship with a married man from her village. After her parents found out, they tried to persuade her to break up, but she did not listen to them, according to the prosecution.</p>.<p>They allegedly strangled their daughter in her sleep as they believed that she brought "dishonour" to the family. They then discreetly cremated her body and dumped her remains in a nearby river.</p>.<p>The father was arrested after the village head, finding out what had happened, lodged a police complaint. The father confessed to the murder, following which the mother was also arrested, the prosecution said.</p>.<p>The court gave the verdict on the basis of the statements of three witnesses and other evidence.</p>