Imrana rape case

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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.{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=50422|title=Let's be fair to Imrana|publisher=Expressindia.com|access-date=2012-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314211025/http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=50422|archive-date=14 March 2007|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Tahir Mahmood, The legal fiction behind the controversy|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=Ne071605The_legal_fiction.asp|publisher=Tehelka.com|access-date=29 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208012437/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=Ne071605The_legal_fiction.asp|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=dead}}

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.

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