Hyderabad, Mar 28 (PTI) A city court on Friday sentenced a 27-year-old man to life imprisonment and his 45-year-old mother to seven years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for the death of his 23-year-old wife, who died by suicide following their harassment for additional dowry.

The III Additional District Judge's Court in LB Nagar here found K Anand Kumar, a private employee, and his mother, K Bharathamma, guilty under Section 304B (dowry death) of the IPC.

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The court awarded life imprisonment to the man and seven years of RI to his mother.

The man married the woman in August 2017 and received a dowry of Rs 5 lakh (in cash), along with household articles.

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According to the prosecution, due to continuous mental and physical harassment by her husband and mother-in-law for additional dowry, the woman died by suicide by hanging herself in December 2017.

Following a complaint lodged by the woman's mother, a case was registered at Chaitanyapuri police station, leading to the arrest of the man and his mother.

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