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PRJ-LIVE-UP-2005-IMRANARapeCLOSED CONVICTED✓ Conviction

Location: Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh

Incident: 2005-06-01(approx.)

IPC Sections: 376, 498

Victims: 1

Data confidence:88%

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Timeline · 4 events

  1. FIR FILEDMilestone88%

    Imrana, a woman from Charthawal village, Muzaffarnagar, raped by her father-in-law Ali Mohammed. Village panchayat issues fatwa declaring her husband now her son and Ali Mohammed her husband, under distorted Islamic interpretation.

    HINDU20/6/2005
  2. PIL FILEDMilestone88%

    SC takes suo motu cognizance of media reports about the fatwa. Directs UP state to protect Imrana and investigate both the rape and the illegal panchayat directive.

    Court: Supreme Court of India

    LL
  3. ARREST MADEMilestone86%

    UP Police arrests Ali Mohammed under IPC 376 (rape). Multiple panchayat members arrested for issuing illegal fatwa. National Commission for Women condemns panchayat ruling.

    NDTV
  4. VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone84%

    Sessions Court, Muzaffarnagar convicts Ali Mohammed under IPC 376. Sentence of 7 years. Case reinforces that fatwa cannot override criminal law; contributes to post-2005 debate on panchayat illegality.

    Court: Sessions Court, Muzaffarnagar

    IK

Key Milestones

  • ◆2005-06-20FIR FILED
  • ◆2005-07-01PIL FILED
  • ◆2005-07-10ARREST MADE
  • ◆2006-03-01VERDICT PRONOUNCED
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