District and Sessions Judge and Judge of the Woman and Children Repression Prevention Special Tribunal Court of Panchagarh Mohammad Afzal Hossain found the accused guilty and delivered the verdict.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that convict Toimul Haque, son of late Mofiz Uddin of village Alegabari under Tentulia upazila in Panchagarh married Alema Begum, daughter of Aliur Rahman of nearby Sepoypara village few years ago.

The husband used to torture his wife for dowry. Since their marriage he allegedly took dowry from his in-law's house several times in the past.

At one stage, Toimul beat Alema Begum mercilessly as she failed to bring an amount of Tk 8,000 dowry money from her parents. She died on the spot.

Mother of the victim, Sabina Yasmin, filed a case in this connection with Tentulia police station on the next day. Police recovered the body and conducted autopsy at Panchagarh Sadar Hospital.

After investigating the case, police submitted charge sheets against Toimul Haque, his brothers Toibar Rahman, Tofizul Haque and Shamsul Haque to the court.

After examining the witnesses and evidence of the case, the judge handed down the verdict.