India, May 7 -- A court in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly has sentenced a 45-year-old man to life imprisonment for brutally murdering his mentally challenged wife by tying her to a cot and repeatedly electrocuting her, rejecting his claim that she had died accidentally after coming in contact with a live wire.

Additional district government counsel Harendra Singh Rathore said Additional Sessions Judge Avinash Kumar Singh on Wednesday convicted Vinod Kumar, 45, for killing his wife, Satyavati, in Chaina village of Bareilly district. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.15,000 on the convict, PTI reported.

According to the prosecution, Vinod was allegedly frustrated with Satyavati's mental illness and frequently assaulted her.

Rathore said the ...