India, Oct. 26 -- A Pune sessions court has sentenced a 45-year-old man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for attempting to murder his wife by allegedly feeding her capsules containing pieces of a blade under the pretext of giving her medicine.

In the October 23 order, which was made available on Monday, the court also sentenced the accused husband, identified as Somnath Sadhu Sapkal, to three years of rigorous imprisonment for cruelty, with both sentences to run concurrently.

Additional Sessions Judge Aniruddha Sulabha Subhash Gandhi convicted the accused under Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 498A (cruelty by husband or his relatives) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court imposed fines of Rs.50,000 and Rs.20,000, respect...