JOHOR BAHRU - A housewife and an unemployed man pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a charge of attempting to murder the woman’s husband last month.
N. Egavalli, 46, and R. Kamala Sarna, 39, made the plea after the charge was read out to them before Judge Mohd Zamir Suhaimee.
They were jointly charge with attempting to murder G. Kumaresan, 48, by covering his face with a pillow at Taman Ehsan, Johor Bahru, at about 9.30 pm on Dec 22.
The charge, under Section 307 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 34 of the same law, provides an imprisonment for up to 10 years and a fine, upon conviction.
Mohd Zamir set bail at RM20,000 in two sureties for each of them and imposed the condition that they be prohibited from approaching the victim.
He also ordered the accused to surrender their passports to the court and required them to report to the police station once a month.
The court set Feb 3 for mention of the case.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor R. Nevina, while the accused were represented by National Legal Aid Foundation lawyer K. Bharathi.- BERNAMA