A 38-year-old man has been awarded life sentence by a court in Maharashtra for killing his one-year-old daughter during a quarrel with his wife. Additional Sessions Judge S R Vadali in his order last week said the accused, Tushar Mahesh Shoujani, deserves "maximum punishment" for brutally killing his own child.

The prosecution told the court that Shoujani, who was jobless, and his wife used to have frequent quarrels. Later, Shoujani's wife left his home in Virar area along with their 13-month-old daughter, and went to stay with her parents. On September 29, 2015, Shoujani came to his in-laws' house and again had an argument with his wife. During the quarrel, he snatched away his daughter from his wife and banged the child's head against the floor.