The Supreme Court has refused to take a lenient view towards a man sent to jail for five years for cruelty towards his pregnant wife forcing her to commit suicide. “The story of the deceased young lady, aged about 25 years who was forced to commit suicide by the unfortunate situation and circumstances surrounding her life, resembles the tale of so many similar young ladies, who end their life due to untold hardships faced by them within the confines of the their matrimonial home,” a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh said. The court observed this while dismissing the appeal filed by a Karnataka man challenging his conviction and the five year jail term awarded by the High Court which had held him guilty for offences under sections 498 A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetting suicide) of the IPC.