CUTTACK, India, April 14 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on March 12:
1. The appellant faced trial for committing dowry death/murder of his wife in Sessions Case No.228/1999 in the court of learned Sessions Judge, Ganjam-Gajapati at Berhampur and being convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 I.P.C., he was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for life vide judgment dated 24.2.2004, which is impugned in the present appeal.
2. Prosecution case, briefly stated, is as follows; The accused married one Gitanjali Palo, daughter of Prabhasini Palo, as per Hindu rites on 17.1.1999 at Jagannath Temple, Puri. It was agreed to pay Rs.2,00,000/- as dowry as demanded by the bridegroom. Prabhasini, paid Rs.50,000/-,...