Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- A Manimajra resident has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for hacking his 35-year-old wife to death with an axe at their house in February 2020.

The court of additional district and sessions judge Sonika held Jarnail Singh, alias Kala, guilty under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code. A resident of Mariwala town in Manimajra, he was also fined Rs.25,000.

The FIR was lodged based on the statement of Jarnail's brother Sajjan Singh.

He had narrated that they were both labourers and lived in adjoining houses. Jarnail was married to Manjeet Kaur, who worked as a domestic help, and they had three children - Rajni, 20, who was married; another daughter Sneha, 13, and a son Sukhi, 11.

Sajja...