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Local court sentences man to 10 years imprisonment in dowry murder case in Uttar Pradesh

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CHITRAKOOT: A local court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 in a dowry murder case.

Prosecution officer Gopal Shukla said, "Judge Satyendra Prakash Pandey of Additional District and Session Court sentenced Hasan Ali to 10 years of imprisonment in a dowry murder case of his wife."

He also said that on August 17, 2017, Ali had burnt his wife for dowry.

"Nafisa was taken to a hospital in a burnt condition, where she succumbed to her injuries. A case was registered in this regard at Karvi police station on the complaint lodged by the woman's brother Mehdi Hasan," Shukla said.

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