In UP's Moradabad, woman given triple talaq, gangraped over 'loud music'
Police filed a case against six people on Friday on the complaint of a woman who alleged that she was gang-raped after her husband gave her triple talaq.
The woman alleged that she was also asked to perform 'halala'.
"We have got the information. The woman said that she was given talaq, however, her in-laws denied. Investigation is underway. The truth will be out after the investigation. A case has been registered."
The father of the victim said that her daughter was given triple talaq after she mistakenly increased the volume of the music system which angered her husband. The victim's family also alleged that she was forced to perform 'halala' and was gang-raped as well.
Despite a year after the landmark judgment in which Supreme Court declared triple talaq as illegal, the practice is still being followed in the Muslim community.
Last month, the Union Cabinet had approved inclusion of a provision of granting bail to men found guilty of giving instant triple talaq to their wives, sources in the government said.
Giving instant triple talaq will continue to be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.
The 'Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill' was cleared by Lok Sabha and is pending in Rajya Sabha where the government lacks numbers.
Provision of bail was one of the demands of the opposition parties.
Under the amendments cleared on August 9, the magistrate will have powers to grant bail, the sources said.
The proposed law would only be applicable on instant triple talaq or 'talaq-e-biddat' and it would give power to the victim to approach a magistrate seeking "subsistence allowance" for herself and minor children.
A woman can also seek the custody of her minor children from the magistrate who will take a final call on the issue.
The Modi government has been trying to get the Triple Talaq bill cleared in the Upper House. Recently, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had written to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi regarding the Bill.
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