Mysuru, Dec. 6 -- The Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru has sentenced a man to ten years of imprisonment for abetting his wife's suicide by subjecting her to constant physical and mental harassment.

The convict, Shankar of Teranimunti village in Saragur taluk, was found guilty based on evidence that he drove his wife, Pavithra, to end her life.

Pavithra, the third daughter of Mallesha and Manjula from Mulluru village, had been married to Shankar, son of Lingappa of Teranimunti, for about two years.

Initially, the couple lived harmoniously for a year and a half, but later Shankar allegedly began returning home drunk every day and quarrelling with his wife.

He reportedly taunted her for not bearing children even aft...