{"id":54806,"date":"2018-11-23T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T09:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54806"},"modified":"2018-11-23T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T09:37:00","slug":"thane-court-sentences-man-to-life-in-jail-for-killing-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/thane-court-sentences-man-to-life-in-jail-for-killing-wife","title":{"rendered":"Thane court sentences man to life in jail for killing wife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" data-attachment-id=\"54807\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/thane-court-sentences-man-to-life-in-jail-for-killing-wife\/murder-759\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/murder-759.jpg?fit=759%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,422\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"murder-759\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/murder-759.jpg?fit=640%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/murder-759.jpg?resize=640%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/murder-759.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/murder-759.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/murder-759.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MUMBAI: A&nbsp;man named Naresh Kumar Vishnu Shahu of Navi Mumbai&nbsp;has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for killing his wife in 2014. The man was frequently in conflict with his wife Pooja and killed her during an argument&nbsp;with a hammer and&nbsp;and fled with their daughter in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI: A&nbsp;man named Naresh Kumar Vishnu Shahu of Navi Mumbai&nbsp;has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for killing his wife in 2014. 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