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

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.
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