Man, 4 relatives booked in first triple talaq case in Akola

Akola: A woman has filed a case against husband for giving instant triple talaq, a practice now banned and punishable under a new law, police said on Friday.

This is the first triple talaq case filed in Akola district.

A complaint was lodged by the woman against husband and his four relatives on Thursday under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Marriage Act), 2019, and also relevant sections of the IPC, Balapur police station inspector Gajanan Shelke said.

According to the complainant woman, her husband Mohammad Jafar Mohammad Taslim and his relatives were ill-treating her over various issues, forcing her to return to her father's house sometime back.

The couple, which has three children, got married in 2013, Shelke said.

The woman hails from Balapur, while her husband is a native of adjoining Washim district.

On August 21, both the parties came to Balapur for mutual settlement but a dispute arose between them, the cop said.

Following this, Taslim pronounced talaq three times upon his wife, Shelke said, citing the complaint.

Taslim and his four relatives were booked under IPC sections 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) besides the new law.

No arrest has been made yet, the police added.

Under Section 4 of the new Act — passed by Parliament recently — a Muslim husband who pronounces triple talaq is liable to be punished by imprisonment up to three years and fine.