A police constable has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for sodomising his wife and harassing her over dowry.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jitender Kumar held Amardeep guilty under relevant sections of IPC and also imposed a fine of Rs 19,000 on him.
According to prosecutor D P Singh, Amardeep was taken into custody for harassing his 23-year-old wife over dowry in Shamli district on June 5, 2012. The woman later left her husband's house and started living with her parents.
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