BHOPAL (Web Desk) - A district court in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has sentenced a woman to two years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of 2,000 rupees after finding her guilty of marrying five times without obtaining a divorce, with the intention of grabbing property.
According to Indian media reports, the order was passed by District and Sessions Judge Megha Agrawal following an FIR registered at Shahjahanabad police station on the complaint of one of the affected husbands.
The complainant told the court that the woman, identified as Haseena, had deceived him into becoming her fifth husband while hiding the fact that she had already been married four times. He said the truth came to light only after the marriage, leaving him mentally and financially distressed.
During the trial, the court heard that the woman deliberately targeted poor and lonely men. After marriage, she allegedly subjected her husbands to mental and physical abuse in an attempt to seize their property.
The court termed the acts a well-planned crime and said the evidence clearly showed that the accused was not acting alone. Her daughters and sons-in-law were also found to be part of the fraud network involved in deceiving victims.
While convicting the woman under multiple legal provisions, the court observed that repeatedly marrying without divorce is illegal and erodes trust in society and the institution of marriage.