Kochi, May 14 -- A court in Kerala on Monday sentenced a 27-year-old man to life imprisonment for breaking into the home of a 23-year-old woman in Kannur district and stabbing her to death in October 2022.

Earlier on May 10, the accused Shyamjith was convicted by the Thalassery additional district sessions court for the murder of Vishnupriya at her home in Panoor in Kannur district on October 22, 2022. The prosecution had argued that the accused murdered her as an act of revenge for breaking off a relationship with him and rejecting his advances.

On Monday, public prosecutor K Ajith Kumar expressed satisfaction with the court's order on the quantum of punishment for the convict.

"The accused has been found guilty under IPC sections 302...