Judge TM Musa of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1 also fined the convict Ashfakur Rahman, son of Kubed Ali of the village, TK 20,000, in default to suffer another two months in jail.
Special Public Prosecutor M Idris Ali said Ashfakur started torturing his wife Jannatul Ferdous for dowry within days of their wedding on October 8, 2004.
On the night of November 2 of the same year, in a culmination of the carnal torture, Ashfakur set his wife on fire after dousing her with Kerosene. Jannatul was rushed to Jashore 300-bed General Hospital and later, moved to Dhaka Medical Collage Hospital (DMCH) where she succumbed to severe burn injuries.
Later, her mother Shahnaj Begum filed a case with Kotwali Polcie Station accusing Ashfakur.
However, the convicted husband has been on the run after the incident, and remains absconding.