Mysuru: The Principal District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to five years jail and a fine of Rs.10,000 for attempting to kill his first wife with a machete and also assaulting a relative who came to stop him.
The accused has been identified as Mahadev, a resident of Kaalenahalli in K.R. Nagar. Mahadev had attempted to kill his wife Puttagowri and assaulted his relative Swamygowda when he had gone to a function at his relative’s place in Mullur village. Mahadev, who had not divorced his first wife Puttagowri, had married another woman. Depressed over this, Puttagowri approached a Court seeking alimony and the Court had ruled in her favour ordering Mahadev to pay following which the relatives sought Rs. 25,000 from Mahadev and gave it to Puttagowri.
