New Delhi, Oct. 19: A Delhi court has sentenced a woman to seven years in jail for conspiring with and abetting her husband to rape another woman.

The court also fined Sarla Rs 1,500, observing that being a woman, she cannot be held guilty of gangrape, but can be convicted of criminal conspiracy.

Sarla’s husband, Dhan Bahadur, has already been declared a proclaimed offender and he has been evading arrest.

The victim, a resident of Bengal, came to Delhi two years ago to live with her sister in Govindpuri and got a job at a factory in Okhla, where her sister and Sarla worked.

Both the victim and Sarla left their jobs soon. On July 27, 2003, they went out in search of new job and after an unsuccessful day, she stayed at Sarla’s house for the night.

Later that night, Dhan Bahadur gagged and raped her

PTI