M.M. Pareed Pillay, J.

1. Husband's petition for divorce on the ground of cruelty was dismissed by the Sub Judge, Thalassery. He married the respondent on 14-12-1983. The allegation in the petition is that on 11-10-1990 while the appellant petitioner was away at his house respondent committed the dastardly crime of throwing the minor children into a deep well. The children died. It is also alleged in the petition that after the commission of the crime respondent went on a tour and on her return she was arrested and charged sheeted by the police for murder of her children. The Sessions Judge convicted the respondent and sentenced her to undergo imprisonment for life. The conviction and sentence were after the judgment in the original petition.

2. Contention of the appellant is that the learned Sub Judge went wholly wrong in not appreciating the evidence in its correct perspective and merely held that the case set up by the appellant has not been established. Appellant examined as PW.1 spoke about the case set up in the petition. P.W.2 is a neighbour. His evidence fully supports the testimony of P.W.1. P.W.3 is P.W.1's elder brother's wife. She testified that the respondent us