Kendrapada: A court in Odisha’s Kendrapada district has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for attacking two neighbours, including a woman, with acid following a domestic dispute earlier this year.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Bidyadhar Prusty convicted Bijoy Kumar Sahoo and also imposed a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh on him, prosecution counsel Sashimita Mohapatra said on Wednesday.
The court further directed that Sahoo would undergo an additional two years of rigorous imprisonment if he failed to pay the fine, she said.
The verdict was delivered based on the testimonies of 14 witnesses and medico-legal evidence, Mohapatra added.
According to the prosecution, Sahoo attacked his neighbours, Rabindra Sahoo and his mother, with acid on January 12 following a domestic dispute.
The victims sustained injuries in the attack, following which a case was registered against the accused.
After examining the evidence and hearing the witnesses, the court found Sahoo guilty and awarded him the prison term.
