Additional District Judge Satishchandra Srivastava also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 fine on convict Baudhu Chaudhary.
According to the public prosecutor, Chaudhary had fatally attacked his son Ajay with an axe at their house in Dhankaul village at Ariyari area on September 3, 2012 following a quarrel. Ajay later died in a hospital.
The court deemed the incident as a case of culpable homicide before pronouncing the sentence.