Punakha District Court
Punakha District Court sentenced four people to prison terms ranging from three months to four and a half years for involuntary manslaughter of a man in his late 30s. The judgment was passed yesterday.
The convicts are members of a family. They are the deceased’s wife, two brother-in-laws and mother-in-law.
The main convict, a 27-year-old man from Dzomey Gewog in Punakha received a non-compoundable sentence of four years and six months in prison. He is charged for involuntary manslaughter and tampering of the dead body. He will also have to pay a compensation of Nu 471,000 to the legal beneficiary of the deceased within four months from the day of the judgment.
Another convict, a man in his 40s has been sentenced to six months compoundable imprisonment for tampering the dead body. However, he can pay thrimthue for the prison term.
Two women involved in the case were asked to pay over Nu 11,000 for failing to report the crime in lieu of their three months imprisonment each.
The incident took place at Kheleykha village in Dzomey Gewog on July 1 last year, following a fight between the deceased who was under the influence of alcohol and the main convict.
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