SAMBALPUR: The SDJM court in Kuchinda on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old man to two years of imprisonment for assaulting his wife over dowry.
The convict is Paresh Naik of Ghanghosa village within Jamankira police limits of the district. According to reports, Paresh started physically and mentally assaulting his wife six months after their marriage over demands for dowry. He even threatened of killing her and further drove her away from his house.
Subsequently, a meeting of the caste community was held to settle their marital dispute but Paresh attended it in an inebriated state and left soon after. Following the incident, the victim lodged an FIR at Jamankira police station on February 19 this year. Police began investigation and booked Paresh under section 498-A, 323, 406, 506 of IPC besides section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, and filed chargesheet.
