trichy a man who murdered his wife in december 2017 was sentenced to life imprisonment by the first additional district sessions court pcr in trichym chozhan 25 of vellalar street in kulumani in trichy district was sentenced to life for murdering his wife sukanya 20 after she lodged a complaint against him over a family dispute the court also imposed a fine of rs 5000 on chozhan chozhan belonging to the hindu vellalar community and sukanya from kuppandapalayam in namakkal district from the scheduled caste sc community were in a relationship and got married in august 2016 despite their families disapproving of it they lived in petrayankovil and kavundampalayam before shifting to kulumani chozhans father mahadevan made them stay under a thatched roof near his house sukanya delivered a baby boy at her maternal house in 2017 chozhan visited her but refused to take her back to his house citing her caste upset over this sukanya lodged a complaint with the jeeyapuram police station on december 16 2017 police intervened and advised chozhan to live with sukanya he then took her to his house police said that chozhan who felt humiliated by his wifes decision to go to the police station killed her by throwing a grinding stone on her head when she was sleeping in the early hours on december 17 2017 after committing the crime he handed over the baby to his parents and surrendered before the village administrative officer vao he was arrested under sections of the ipc and scst prevention of atrocities act he came out on bail and faced the trial as he was convicted on friday he was lodged in the prison