Dowry murder verdict: Palamu court jails husband, in-laws for wife’s dowry killing; three get life term, fined for 2021 crime

Medininagar: A court in Palamu district on Wednesday sentenced a man and two other members of his family to life imprisonment for murdering his wife for dowry in 2021.

The Sixth Additional District and Sessions Judge, Raj Kumar Mishra, sentenced Sanjay Saw, his brother Chhotelal Saw, and their father Sohri Saw to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on each of them. They will have to undergo an additional three months of simple imprisonment if they fail to pay the fine.


Sampatti Kunwar, a resident of Jalim village in Latehar district, had lodged an FIR on April 20, 2021, at Haidernagar police station in Palamu district against his son-in-law Sanjay, Chhotelal, and Sohri, all residents of Babhandih village. The three men repeatedly harassed and assaulted Ruby Devi over dowry after her marriage to Sanjay in 2005. On April 20, 2021, the three accused strangled Ruby Devi to death and cremated her body without informing her parents, the FIR mentioned.