Orissa HC upholds ex-MLA’s life sentence for murdering wife

The Orissa high court upheld the life sentence for former legislator Ram Murti Gomango, convicted of murdering his wife in 2019. The forensic evidence and antemortem injuries substantiated intentional homicide. Gomango’s appeal was dismissed, confirming the sentences under IPC Sections 302 and 201, with the court instructing him to surrender and pay the imposed fine. Inspired By