Mehsana Court sentences man to 2 years in jail for Triple Talaq

Mehsana: A local court in the city has sentenced a man to a 2-year jail term after he tortured his wife of a 17-year-long marriage and then divorced her by saying triple talaq . The court, invoking the new law of 2019 against triple talaq, imposed the jail term and additionally fined the man Rs. 5000. Notably, in 2019, the first instance of triple talaq was reported in Mehsana Division Police Station.

Fakir Zakirshah Husenshah, residing in Sopan Society in the Nagalpur area of Mehsana, got married in 2003 but remarried on January 29, 2018, abandoning his first wife to live with her parents. The situation escalated when Zakirshah physically assaulted his first wife, prompting her brother’s intervention. At that time, Zakirshah threatened and uttered triple talaq. In response, his first wife filed a complaint against Zakirshah under The Muslim Women Act, 2019 at Mehsana A Division Police Station.

In Mehsana Sessions Court on Tuesday, Judge S.L. Mehta sentenced Fakir Zakirshah to two years in prison and fined him Rs. 5,000 after arguments by public prosecutor Dhavalbhai Trivedi. This marks the first judgment on a triple talaq complaint in Mehsana district. DeshGujarat