Imrana rape case

The Imrana rape case is a case of sexual assault of a 28-year-old Indian woman by her father-in-law on 6 June 2005 in Charthawal in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Village elders demanded she leave her home and husband because she had been raped by her father-in-law and a fatwa was given which supported this view. ^{[1] [2]}

Timeline

• 6 June 2005: Ali Mohammed raped his daughter-in-law Imrana.
• 13 June 2005: A local panchayat declared Imrana's marriage to Nur Ilahi void as she "had sex" with her father-in-law and asked her to treat her husband as her son, which means she would have to stop living with him.
• 13 June 2005: Ali Mohammed is arrested.
• 16 June 2005: Ali Mohammed is sent to judicial custody.
• 30 June 2005: The police filed cases against Ali Mohammed along with a medical report. Imrana's statement is recorded before a magistrate.
• 5 December 2005: The court turned down Ali Mohammed's bail plea.
• 30 December 2005: The charges are framed against Ali Mohammed.
• 19 October 2006: The court sentenced Ali Mohammed to 10 years in prison for raping Imrana. He received a three-year term for a separate charge of criminal intimidation.

See also

• Shah Bano case

References

1. "Let's be fair to Imrana". Expressindia.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
2. "Tahir Mahmood, The legal fiction behind the controversy". Tehelka.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2007.