Guna court rejects bail plea of man accused of assaulting pregnant daughter-in-law

A court in Guna has rejected the bail application of a man accused of assaulting and molesting his daughter-in-law, who is six months pregnant. The case was registered at Cantt police station.

The incident is said to have taken place at around 9 pm on September 26. The woman filed a complaint at Cantt police station on September 27. She told police that she had just reached her room after cooking when her father-in-law called her to his room on the pretext of giving her jewellery. There he began asking her for her jewellery. When she refused to hand it over, the accused slapped her.

The woman then returned to her room and bolted the door from inside. According to the complaint, the accused asked her to open the door from outside. When she did not, he broke the bolt and entered the room.

It is alleged that after entering the room he caught the woman's hand with ill intent and molested her. When she resisted, the accused kicked her in the stomach, knowing she was six months pregnant. The woman fell down.

Hearing her screams, her husband and brother-in-law arrived and rescued her. According to the woman, the accused also beat her husband with a stick when he intervened, causing him injuries. The woman and her husband then said they would leave the house, but the accused continued to abuse them.

Cantt police registered a case and began an investigation. Police arrested the accused and produced him in court, which sent him to jail. The accused then filed a bail application.

After hearing the application, the court rejected it. In its remarks, the court said the accused is the woman's father-in-law and that both his son and daughter-in-law have made a serious complaint against him. Considering the gravity of the offence, the court said, it would not be appropriate to release him on bail.