
This wife is not one to be messed with.
A married Indian man was arrested in Bangalore for gay sex after his wife installed cameras throughout the house to catch him having sex with men after she suspected he was gay.
Gay sex is punishable with life imprisonment under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. This particular law has been in place for over 153 years as part of former British colonial law. The law was deemed unconstitutional in 2009, but that ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court in December 2013.
The wife of the computer professional reportedly filmed her husband’s sexual encounters with men while she was away. The wife had installed spy cameras after she suspected her husband's sexual orientation, First Post, a local news website said. The couple reportedly got married in November 2013 and did not live together for the first six months. The wife also reportedly named her husband's parents in the complaint alleging that they knew the truth.
"The wife got suspicious about his behavior because he did not have [a] physical relationship with her. She got more suspicious when she realized that her husband would return home with male friends in her absence," Sandip Patil, a senior police official in Bangalore, told BBC. "The wife fixed CCTV cameras in the house, collected evidence for unnatural sex and filed a complaint with the police. We have arrested him."...“The (man's) parents have been booked for cheating the victim, but these allegations have to be fully proved before we can arrest them," Patil told Bangalore Mirror, a local newspaper.
The man has also been booked for cheating under Section 420 of India's penal code. (Cheating is illegal in India.)
Vinay Chandran, executive director of Swabhava, a Bangalore-based LGBT non-profit says, "It's up to the court to find out whether or not the accused is guilty. As far as proof is concerned, the police have appended section 377 to the complaint, but I firmly believe the accused should only be charged with lying and cheating though he was married."
Going to jail for either is rough, though we're certainly hoping the man isn't sentenced to a life in prison for a gay sex act.
Thoughts??
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