The Dindoshi Sessions Court on Monday sentenced a vegetable vendor to life imprisonment for killing his wife. The judgment was given by special women’s court Judge S K S Razvi.

The vendor was sentenced under Section 302 (Murder) of the Indian Penal Code. Navee Hasan Noor Hasan Khan, (29) and his wife Santoshi Khan, then 19 years old, had a love marriage and stayed near Mohiniya Masjid, Malwani, Malad. Soon after the wedding, Santoshi, who was a housewife, realised that Khan was a heavy drinker.