Haryana man booked under new law for pronouncing triple talaq on wife

A 23-year-old man was booked for allegedly pronouncing triple talaq on his wife over phone in Haryana's Nuh district, police said on Friday, the first such case in the state since the enactment of a law punishing the practice.

Salauddin was on Thursday booked under Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, Station House Officer of Nagina police station, Nuh, Ajay Veer told PTI over phone.

"He has also been booked under Section 506 IPC (punishment for criminal intimidation). The complainant has alleged that she was threatened by him," he said.

"A case had also been registered against Salauddin last month under the Dowry Prohibition Act on the complaint of his wife," Veer added.

He said the woman, 21, who belongs to a village in Nuh, had alleged that her husband called her mother Thursday morning over phone and pronounced "talaq, talaq, talaq".

Veer said the woman's husband works as a driver.

"In her earlier complaint, the woman alleged that her husband and other family members had been torturing her for dowry. On Thursday, her husband called over phone which was picked by the woman's mother and he said talaq, talaq, talaq, stating that he had snapped all relations with his wife. The aggrieved woman approached the police and we registered a case against her husband under the new Act," he said.

On Friday, the woman and her family members, while talking to reporters in Nuh, said they want justice.

"Where do I go now, I want justice," the woman said.

Her brother also demanded strict punishment to the accused in the case.

Police said no arrest has been made yet.

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill prescribing up to three years imprisonment for men giving instant triple talaq to their wives was passed by Parliament recently. Later, President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to the bill.