Sonepat, August 13: A local court sentenced five persons to life imprisonment and acquitted nine for lack of evidence in a dowry case here in the district.
Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar yesterday convicted five persons, including husband and mother-in-law, of the deceased Rekha and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each.
The convicted persons are Joginder (husband), Kanta (mother-in-law), Partap (father-in-law), Surjeet and Deepak.
According to the prosecution, Rekha was married with Joginder on December 3, 2003. The victim was being harassed by her husband and his family members for bringing inadequate dowry.
On May 31, 2006, the husband and his family members set ablaze Rekha. She was rushed to a hospital in Delhi where she succumbed to her injuries on June 5, 2006.
–PTI