The court of Additional District Judge K K Srivastav convicted and sentenced Pankaj Choudhury, his father Shiv Choudhury and mother Champa Devi to life imprisonment.
According to an FIR lodged on the statement of Bharat Choudhury, father of the 25-year-old victim Gayatri Devi, Gayatri had been subjected to frequent torture by her husband and in-laws since her marriage in 2006 for failing to meet the demand of a motorcycle in dowry.