Bhubaneswar, April 27 -- A court in Odisha capital here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife and sister-in-law in Sailashree Vihar area of the city two years ago.

The Khurda Sessions Judge Nisith Nisank awarded life imprisonment to convict Bijaya Ketan Sethi under Section 302 of the IPC. The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 10,000 on him.

Non-payment of the penalty amount will invite additional jail term of one year for the convict, said the court.

Besides, the court awarded two years of rigorous imprisonment to Bijaya and imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 on him under Section 201 of the IPC.

As per the case records, Bijaya, who was working as a mechanic at CTTC, Bhubaneswar, had killed his wife Gayatri and her ...