Mangaluru, Mar 6 A local court has convicted a person of abetment to suicide based on the statement given by his wife before she died of burn injuries.
The incident pertains to death of Pushpa, 25, who died due to burns in her house at Malemar near Derebail on May 27, 2012. The accused is Sabanna, resident of Bagalkote, who married Pushpa, also a resident of Bagalkote, according to the chargesheet that police filed.
The duo were living in a rented accommodation at Malemar. Sabanna frequently quarreled with Pushpa suspecting her fidelity. On May the fateful day, Sabanna had one such fight with Pushpa, who threatened to end her life if he continued with such behaviour.
The chargesheet said Pushpa poured kerosene on herself around noon and set herself ablaze. She was shifted to a private hospital near Kuntikana junction with 55% burns. And succumbed to them six days later.
Before her death, Pushpa in her statement to the police recounted the harassment by her husband and the frequent quarrels they had. The doctors treating Pushpa certified that she was in a good mental state to give her statement after which police recorded her statement.
During the trial, senior public prosecutor Pushparaja Adyanthaya dwelt on this very dying declaration. He cited evidence of doctor who treated Pushpa and the head constable, who recorded her statement.
Strangely, Pushpa's parents, her brother and other relatives turned hostile before the court. Sabanna faces prospect imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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so sad, husband must be hanged to death.
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