Mirzapur, June 2 -- In a case of gender bias and domestic violence, a local court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment after he murdered his wife for allegedly not giving him a son, in Shahjahanpur district. The court also sentenced the accused's father and uncle each to four years in prison for helping him dispose of the body and destroy evidence.

The verdict was delivered by the court of additional sessions judge Ashish Verma, who found Guddu, from Majhra village in Jalalabad, guilty of killing his wife Premlata and disposing of her body in the Behgul River with the help of his father Madanpal and uncle Walister.

According to the complaint filed by Premlata's father, Ramprakash, a resident of Bahariya village under Mirzapur police...