Man sentenced to life imprisonment for killing wife in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Man sentenced to life imprisonment for killing wife in UP's Muzaffarnagar
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A court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife over suspicion of extra-marital relationship in 2017.

Additional district sessions judge Ram Sudh Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Naushad after holding him guilty under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on Friday evening.

According to the prosecution, Naushad stabbed his 30-year-old wife to death over suspicion of extra-marital relationship in the Civil Lines police station area of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh on September 16, 2017.

The woman's father lodged a complaint accusing Naushad of killing her.

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