<p>Ballia (UP): A local court has sentenced a man and five of his family members to <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/life-imprisonment">life imprisonment</a> in connection with the murder of his wife over dowry, a senior police officer said on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to the prosecution, a married woman named Sita Devi (25) was set ablaze using kerosene on December 24, 2022, over dowry in Sonpur village of Ballia district.</p>.<p>The incident led to the registration of case against her husband Ganesh Kumar Gupta, mother-in-law Mandodari Devi, sisters-in-law Champa Devi and Rekha Devi and brother-in-law Amar Nath Gupta under sections 302 (punishment for murder), 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act.</p>.UP court sentences man to life imprisonment in murder case.<p>After the investigation, the police filed a charge sheet against all five accused in court. Devi was married to Ganesh on November 30, 2022.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police Omvir Singh said that on Friday, District and Session Judge Amit Pal Singh sentenced the accused to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on each of them.</p>
<p>Ballia (UP): A local court has sentenced a man and five of his family members to <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/life-imprisonment">life imprisonment</a> in connection with the murder of his wife over dowry, a senior police officer said on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to the prosecution, a married woman named Sita Devi (25) was set ablaze using kerosene on December 24, 2022, over dowry in Sonpur village of Ballia district.</p>.<p>The incident led to the registration of case against her husband Ganesh Kumar Gupta, mother-in-law Mandodari Devi, sisters-in-law Champa Devi and Rekha Devi and brother-in-law Amar Nath Gupta under sections 302 (punishment for murder), 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act.</p>.UP court sentences man to life imprisonment in murder case.<p>After the investigation, the police filed a charge sheet against all five accused in court. Devi was married to Ganesh on November 30, 2022.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police Omvir Singh said that on Friday, District and Session Judge Amit Pal Singh sentenced the accused to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on each of them.</p>