Mysuru: A District Court has sentenced a woman and her paramour to five years imprisonment for abetting the suicide of the woman’s husband. The Court also imposed a penalty of Rs.5,000 on the woman and Rs.15,000 on her paramour. Devamani, 35, of Dadadalli village in H.D.Kote taluk and Gopalaiah, 40, are the ones who are sentenced.
Devamani got married to Kariyayya of Teranimunti village in H.D.Kote taluk about 12 years ago and the couple had two male children. But after a few years, Devamani developed an illicit relationship with one Gopalaiah of Teranimunti village, following which Gopalaiah used to frequent Devamani’s house.Although Kariyayya objected to his wife’s affair with Gopalaiah, Devamani continued to have relationship. Kariyayya caught his wife Devamani and her paramour when they were together in the house on the night of Sept.24, 2015, following which a wordy duel broke out between Kariyayya and Gopalaiah and at one point of time Devamani and Gopalaiah asked Kariyayya to hang himself from a tree if he had any objections to their affair.
