women

Vastrapur

Atul Shah

Jalpa Shah

Ahmedabad Police

Generally,are at the receiving end in domestic violence cases. On Tuesday, however, the Women Crime Branch police station (west) atfiled an FIR against a woman for physically abusing her husband.(name changed), a 45-year-old marketing director of a private firm and a Paldi resident, after years of allegedly suffering mental and physical abuse at the hands of his 42-year- old wife(name changed), approached Paldi police to file a complaint on June 28. Earlier that day Jalpa had physically assaulted him using steel tongs.When Paldi police denied registering an FIR, Atul took his case to High Court where he provided CCTV footage as evidence. Based on the evidence provided, High Court directed theto file an FIR against Jalpa under sections 294B (verbal abuse), 506-2 (threaten to kill), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief causing damage) and 341(punishment for wrongful restraint) of Indian Penal Code. On September 12, Women Crime Branch filed an FIR against Jalpa. In the FIR, Atul has alleged, “For past seven years my wife Jalpa was seeking sole ownership of the house we have been living in for over 10 years. The house is under the name of my father so there’s no way I could transfer its ownership to Jalpa.Angered by my denial, she started harassing me. Four years ago she started threatening me physically and for two years now she has stopped cooking food for me. ” Atul said the situation worsened a year ago when Jalpa began to assault him. “I was afraid to return to my own house. I decided to install CCTV cameras in the house in January. On June 28, Jalpa threatened to kill me with a dagger. When I grabbed her, she attacked me with steel tongs. Panna Momaya, ACP (Women Crime Branch) Ahmedabad, said, “We have registered an FIR against Jalpa and action will be taken as per IPC.”