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Kasargod: Suicide of teacher - Husband gets 16-year rigorous imprisonment

  •   Sat, Apr 11 2015 01:26:10 AM

Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod

Kasargod, Apr 11: The Kasargod district first additional sessions court on Friday April 10 sentenced a man to 16 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a penalty of Rs 40,000 in connection with the suicide of his wife.

Balakrishnan (46), a resident of Neeleshwar, was convicted of abetting the suicide of his wife Anita (36), an anganwady teacher. The incident had taken place on March 14, 2013.

Balakrishnan and Anita had married in 2007. After marriage, Balakrishnan started harassing and torturing his wife, and unable to bear it any longer, Anita consumed poison on March 14, 2013. She was admitted to hospital and three days later, on March 17, 2013, she breathed her last.

The police arrested Balakrishnan and during investigation, it came to light that he was already married six times. He used to marry girls and then disappear with their gold ornaments.

He was booked under several charges including torture, rape, cheating, abetment to suicide and so on. Considering the gravity of the crime, the court sentenced him to 16 years of rigorous imprisonment.
  

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  • Antonio DSilva, Kuwait

    Mon, Apr 13 2015

    Castrate him!

    But I doubt that will stop him from stealing.

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  • Peter Lewis, Kalmady/k s a

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    This man eligible for imprisonment till his death.

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  • Roshan Braganza, Mumbai

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    @kusuma. what about cases where men driven to suicide by their wives , which includes harassment and threat of filing one sided 498a. why not make laws gender neutral to give justice to men in distress. If a woman forces a husband to work late hours to earn extra bugs , isn't it a harassment from her side !!?.

    let's take above incidents , even if one assumes case is genuine it carries almost 3 or 4 years of sentencing for abettment suicide. why 16 years !!? , Judge sitting in chair should not give one sided judgement.

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  • Satyajeet Rao, Udupi

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    Women are mostly suppressed because they are week and sensitive and more emotional compare to men. For centuries they have been exploited by men.Women are important member of a family. They should be educated,empowered and respected. Then onlly we can have good society. There may be some bad women but men Has to be strong to face them. If They can not handle the situation they should not lead a married life.

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  • Zeitgeist, Mangalore

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    Roshan,

    I somewhat agree with you. But what we have to ask ourselves is whether both things are same ( Women torturing men or men torturing women). I have always wondered whether I pander towards feminists in this matter. I agree that there might be cases of men being treated badly by women and they might have driven them to committing suicide. But if you look otherway the numbers are really huge.

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  • Kusuma Kumari G , Nellore/Kodyadka

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    Husbands who torture their wives must be punished. Agood judgement.Women needs freedom in India

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  • Roshan Braganza, Mumbai

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    16 years of sentencing ( more than life imprisonment ) just for abettment of suicide itself is a gross human rights violation. Post does not highlight his other crimes and convictions under other IPC. The judgement looks like knee jerk reaction due to rising crimes against women but ignorant of cases where men got lynched publicly under false case.

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  • Nanac Shetty, Kinnigoly ,Oman

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    May Anita RIP .
    Unfortunate and More unfortunate is , for each and every sporadic incidents few readers are eager to attribute it to whole India and bring more shame to India!!.

    Quality education can only bring change in any society.

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  • Cynthia, Moodbidri

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    We are bragging that India rescued people from 23 countries. But India's daughters are either committing suicide, gang raped or murdered by poring gasoline. What a pity

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  • Shankar, Mangalore

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    What do you mean? The govt. should have left 4000 odd indians to be butchered by Muslim militants?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    Shankar, she is referring to the atrocities on Muslim women in Gujarat ...

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    Yeddy and Bhat are lucky ...

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  • Abu Mohammed, Mangalore / KSA

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    Great judgement!

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  • Antony Fernandes, Mangalore/USA

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    Appreciate this judgment, Why not death sentence for illegally marrying 6 times. Now for 16 years innocent tax payers has to pay their hard earned money to feed him. He has gone to jail for doing the crime and tax payers is fined to please them!

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  • Suleman Byari, Udupi

    Sat, Apr 11 2015

    Some thing is better than nothing. He might again apply in HC, SC and get away till he become too old if survived. The sentence looks too little as an average of 2.5 years per marriage/crime.

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