Odisha man gives instant triple talaq to wife
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act prohibits the practice of instant 'triple talaq' and invites imprisonment up to three years.
A 32-year-old man who was on the run for five years after allegedly repeatedly committing the rape of a 22-year-old woman was arrested on Friday night by Rajkanika police in Odisha’s Kendrapara district.
The accused identified as Prasant Nayak, a native of Mukundapur village under Rajkanika police station limits was apprehended from a house in Bhubaneswar on Friday night. A special squad of police acting on a tipoff arrested him. Nayak accused of a rape charge by the victim woman in 2016 was evading arrest since then. The rape impregnated by the accused had delivered a girl child in 2017, said Inspector, Rajkanika Police Station, Umakanta Nayak.
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Booked under Indian Penal Code sections 493 (cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage), 417 (cheating), 376 (rape), and 506 (criminal intimidation), the accused was later remanded to judicial custody, the police official added.
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