An Indian-Australian woman, accused of burning her husband's penis to stop him cheating, today escaped jail with the judge observing that the crime had been carried out in "momentary anger" and suspended her six year sentence.

Rajini Narayan, 46, walked free from the court house after the Supreme Court judge John Sulan suspended her six-year sentence for burning her husband to death in December 2008 after confronting him about his affair.