Court slaps life sentence on two for killing wives

GUWAHATI: Two men, who killed their wives at their respective residences in Sivasagar district of upper Assam, were sentenced to life imprisonment by a district session judges court recently.

Sukhiram Bhumiz was convicted on June 9 for murdering his wife Binu Bhumiz at his residence in Thowra tea estate under Demow police station area on June 27, 2007. "I sentence the convict to suffer rigorous imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs 2,000," the judge mentioned in the 13 page judgment order

Police said Sukhiram killed his wife with an axe at Thowra tea estate.

Earlier, in another judgment, the session judges court announced the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for life and a fine of Rs 5,000 to convict Lalbabu Mahato of Bihubar in the Simaluguri area. Police said Mahato had killed his wife Nilam Mahato at his house in Bihari patty area of Bihubar Silani of Sivasagar district after seven months of their marriage in 2004.