On Oct 18, the Muzzafarnagar District Court passed a decision which is seen as a new ray of hope for women suppressed under the burden of Conservative Society. The Court sentenced Ali Mohammed,69, ten years of imprisonment for raping his daughter-in-law, Imrana,28.
Ali Mohmmed raped his daughter-in-law Imrana, mother of five children, on June 6, 2005. Before going to court, she took the complaint to the Panchayat and local religious heads had asked her to marry her father-in-law and treat her husband, Nur Ilahi, as he her ‘son’ (?)
When the case was finally registered by the police, several social activists including sections of Muslim Community and common people came to her support.
The Court has leaved it up Imrana, saying that there isn’t any condition under which her matrimony could be questioned. This act has laid down clear indications that The Court of Law is superior over any other court in this country. The Case is now a new ray of hope for several suppressed women in the country. At least I hope so.
Imrana, a mother of five says her priorities are with her children and she will abide by the law. She is now living at her parent’s home.
The struggle is not over yet.
