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Gumla, Durjay Paswan. Two convicts have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the case of murder of a woman on the charges of witchcraft in Gumla district. In this murder case, the judge has given his verdict after five years. The case was heard in the court of ADJ-One Durgesh Chandra Awasthi of Gumla.
50 thousand fine with life imprisonment
The case pertains to Chuglu village under Gumla Sadar police station, where Kanthi Devi, a resident of the village, was murdered on the allegation of witchcraft. Santosh Oraon and Sohrai Oraon of Chuglu village have been punished on two charges of murder. accused under section 302 life imprisonment Punishment and fine of Rs 50,000 has been imposed.
If you don’t pay the fine…
Failure to pay the amount of fine can lead to rigorous imprisonment for one year. Whereas, three months rigorous imprisonment and a fine of one thousand rupees under the Witch Prohibition Act, 6 months rigorous imprisonment and a fine of two thousand rupees have been imposed under the Witch Prohibition Act.
this is how it happened
In the Kanthi Devi murder case, testimony of seven people was made. In which Additional Public Prosecutor Mohammad Javed Hussain advocated on behalf of the government side. The incident is of 17 January 2018. On the day of the incident, Kanthi Devi had gone to the field for grazing cattle with her daughter-in-law. Meanwhile, both the accused Santosh Oraon and Sohrai Oraon came with sticks and started beating Kanthi Devi accusing her of witchcraft.
The accused drove away the daughter-in-law from the spot
During this, the accused had driven away the daughter-in-law of Kanthi Devi from there. After which the daughter-in-law ran away to her house and informed the relatives about the incident. After which the family ran to the farm and found the dead body of Kanthi Devi at the spot. After this incident, Khudi Oraon, the son of the deceased, had lodged a nominated FIR against the above two accused. Taking action at that time, the police had sent the accused to jail.
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