Medininagar, Jun 29 (PTI) A man was sentenced to ten years in prison by a court in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Wednesday for killing his wife over dowry.

Principal District and Session Judge Pradip Kumar Choubey sentenced Alok Tiwary to ten years of rigorous imprisonment.

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Tiwary, a native of Jod village in Sadar police station area, had set his wife Chanchal Kumari on fire in October 2015.

He was demanding a motorcycle in dowry, which her family failed to give him, as per the prosecution.

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