In UP’s Muzaffarnagar district, a 50-year-old man has been booked for allegedly raping his seven-months pregnant daughter-in-law.
And his son, husband of the lady has been made co-accused within the FIR for his choice to desert his spouse by saying that after the rape, she has develop into ‘his mother’.
The incident reportedly occurred on July fifth, when the accused allegedly compelled his approach into the 23-year-old sufferer’s house on the time she was alone.
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He allegedly subjected her to sexual assault and warned her towards reporting the incident, threatening her life.
The girl lodged a proper grievance with the police on September seventh, whereby she said, “When I confided in my husband about the assault, he shockingly informed me that since his father had engaged with me inappropriately, we could no longer remain together as husband and wife. He claimed that I had now become his father’s spouse.”
Moreover, she accused her husband of bodily assaulting her and evicting her from their house.
“I endured this ordeal silently, driven by my desire to protect my dignity. Despite my requests, my husband unjustly refused to take me back, even though I had committed no wrongdoing. That is why I made the decision to pursue legal action,” she defined.
Addressing the scenario, the Station Home Officer (SHO), Raghvandra Yadav, remarked, “A case has been registered against the father-in-law under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 for rape and 506 for criminal intimidation, while the husband has been charged under section 323 for causing voluntary harm.”