A court here Friday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for killing a woman and injuring her husband, in an incident related to witchcraft, three years ago, court officials said.
Additional District Judge Niraj Kumar Srivastav found Muna Say and Somlal Manjhi guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment, they said.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 each on them, the officials said.
The incident happened at Urte-Banmunda village under the jurisdiction of Jaldega police station on June 12, 2015, a court official said.
Raghunath Manjhi was taking bath near his house in the evening and his wife Savitri Devi was sitting on the verandah and chopping vegetables.
On hearing screams of his wife, Manjhi rushed and saw that his nephew Muna Say was attacking her with knife and the latter's brother-in-law Somlal was throttling her, the official said.
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The duo attacked Manjhi when he tried to save his wife and fled the scene, the official said, adding they were arrested later.
While Manjhi's wife died on the spot, he was admitted to a hospital.
The woman was killed on suspicion of practising black magic, the court official said.
The duo was held guilty under various sections of the IPC and Dayan Pratished Adhiniyam (Prevention of Witchcraft Act), the official added.