Sur-based Indian woman jailed for husband's murder to return on Thursday
Sur-based Indian woman jailed for husband's murder to return on Thursday
Sur-based Indian woman jailed for husband's murder to return on Thursday
April 24, 2014 | 12:00 AM
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Muscat: An Indian school teacher in Sur, who was jailed last October for stabbing her husband when he was reportedly drunk, will fly back to India on late Thursday night to join her daughters, siblings and parents.
The 40-year-old woman, who was working as a teacher at Indian School Sur and a mother of two girls studying in the same school, was taken into custody by police for questioning after her 49-year-old husband's unnatural death on October 25 last year.
Last week, the Appeals Court in Sur heard her case and on compassionate grounds, pronounced a verdict of releasing and deporting the accused.
Earlier, the court pronounced a five-year jail term for accused but later on considering here conditions, the court commuted the term to six months. As she was taken into custody on October 24, 2103, she was eligible to be released on Thursday.
"I am not able to express my gratitude in words for the Omani judiciary, social workers and my friends who helped in my troubled time. I thank everyone who helped a lot in my release," the freed woman told Times of Oman from Sur.
"I am anxiously waiting to join my family and see my loving daughters in Pune," the woman said.
The freed woman's two daughters who were sent to India after the crime happened are with their grandmother in Pune.
Earlier reports said the victim was found dead in the room when police arrived on the scene.
According to family friends, the man was reportedly an alcoholic and many a times, they had helped him reach home since he used to become excessively drunk.
"The Indian embassy has helped us a lot in handling the case," Shajahan, the Indian consular in Sur, said.
The accused was kept in a women's cell in Jalan, about 80km southeast of Sur, during her jail term.
To get in touch with the reporter: reji@timesofoman.com
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