The court also fined the convict, Sanwar Hossain, Tk 25,000.

According to the prosecution, Sanwar of Radhakantopur village in Sadar upazila beat his wife Moina Khatun, 25, to death on March 14, 2005 and hung her body from the ceiling of their room to prove that she had committed suicide.

After examining the records and witnesses, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal SKM Anisur Rahman handed down the verdict in the crowded courtroom.