MUMBAI: A 30-year-old attorney accused of assaulting his 11-week pregnant spouse resulting in the loss of life of the unborn kid used to be arrested on Tuesday.
Colaba police made the arrest after his spouse, additionally an suggest who practises at the Mumbai sessions court docket, lodged a grievance. She mentioned her husband have been pressuring her to abort the child as the soul of a dead individual had steered him to do so. She mentioned he even threatened her with a sword.
The woman has mentioned within the grievance that she is from Delhi and used to be staying in south Mumbai after lately getting married.
She and her husband had met whilst learning within the city, had fallen in love and got married.
"The victim has alleged that her husband claims he can speak to souls of dead persons and whatever they say comes true. He said some soul has advised him that he should not have a child and hence he requested her to abort the child," mentioned an officer.
When she refused, he started pressuring and harassing her, and even scared her pronouncing bad things would happen if the child used to be born. One day, the accused assaulted his spouse with a stick, focused on her womb, to induce a miscarriage.
On May 22, the girl fled to her parental home in Delhi, where she started getting ache and cramps. She underwent a medical check-up, and medical doctors instructed her that there used to be inside bleeding and the unborn kid had died. If motion used to be no longer taken, her existence would were in danger.
She used to be bitterly disillusioned, but had to get it aborted straight away. She returned to Mumbai after every week and lodged a grievance with the police. Prima facie, it appears that the child died after the accused allegedly assaulted the girl with the stick, mentioned cops. "Based on the victim's complaint, we have registered a case against her husband and further investigations are on," mentioned Manoj Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (zone 1).
The accused has been charged underneath IPC sections 315 (act with intent to prevent kid being born alive or to cause it to die after birth), 324 (voluntarily inflicting hurt), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
Colaba police made the arrest after his spouse, additionally an suggest who practises at the Mumbai sessions court docket, lodged a grievance. She mentioned her husband have been pressuring her to abort the child as the soul of a dead individual had steered him to do so. She mentioned he even threatened her with a sword.
The woman has mentioned within the grievance that she is from Delhi and used to be staying in south Mumbai after lately getting married.
She and her husband had met whilst learning within the city, had fallen in love and got married.
"The victim has alleged that her husband claims he can speak to souls of dead persons and whatever they say comes true. He said some soul has advised him that he should not have a child and hence he requested her to abort the child," mentioned an officer.
When she refused, he started pressuring and harassing her, and even scared her pronouncing bad things would happen if the child used to be born. One day, the accused assaulted his spouse with a stick, focused on her womb, to induce a miscarriage.
On May 22, the girl fled to her parental home in Delhi, where she started getting ache and cramps. She underwent a medical check-up, and medical doctors instructed her that there used to be inside bleeding and the unborn kid had died. If motion used to be no longer taken, her existence would were in danger.
She used to be bitterly disillusioned, but had to get it aborted straight away. She returned to Mumbai after every week and lodged a grievance with the police. Prima facie, it appears that the child died after the accused allegedly assaulted the girl with the stick, mentioned cops. "Based on the victim's complaint, we have registered a case against her husband and further investigations are on," mentioned Manoj Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (zone 1).
The accused has been charged underneath IPC sections 315 (act with intent to prevent kid being born alive or to cause it to die after birth), 324 (voluntarily inflicting hurt), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
Lawyer nabbed for assaulting preg wife, unborn child
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