Thane (Maharashtra): The district court in Thane on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife and then storing her dismembered body inside a refrigerator three years ago. District and Sessions Judge Mridula V K Bhatia awarded life sentence to Girish Pote (38) for killing his 33-year-old wife Madhuwanti Pathak, who was born and brought up in France and held a French passport.

"You will remain in prison not for 14 years but till your biological end. I have not given death to you," the judge said in a packed courtroom. The judge, while convicting Pote on Wednesday, had observed that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt the "gruesome" murder by the accused.