Balasore, March 27 -- Additional Sessions Judge and Special Judge designated OPID court, Biswajit Das on Thursday convicted a murder accused and awarded him life term imprisonment along with Rs 6,000 penalty.

The court further ordered a 13 months jail term in case the convict failed to pay the fine amount.

The convict identified as Samarendra Malik ,43 of Pinchhabania village under Nilgiri police station limits attacked his neighbour Baidhar Barsal with a sharp edged weapon following altercations between them over land dispute on July 8, 2022.

With grievous injuries, Baidhar was shifted to SCB Medical college and hospital at Cuttack but he succumbed to the injuries on the way to the hospital .

The daughter in-law of the deceased, Sara...