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Just after that I started thinking about the police complain book that would be filled with complaints of rape by a husband to his wife one day.<\/p>\n<p>A woman lodged a complaint before police, accusing her husband for\u00a0rape which led his arrest on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The CSP, Pardeshipura, Devendra PS Rajput, said that Reshma (name changed), a woman in her thirties was victimised by her husband in the intervening night between Friday and Saturday. The victim used to live in Nanda Nagar with her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting the complainant, he said that her husband <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Ramesh Yadav<\/strong> <\/span>\u00a0entered in the house at around 1.30 and had made relationship forcefully. In the morning, the lady reached to Pardeshipura police and lodged her complaint of rape.<\/p>\n<p>Police booked the accused under <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Section 377<\/strong> <\/span>(Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine) of Indian Penal Code.<\/p>\n<p>He further informed that Ramesh has two wives. Ramesh was married to the victim around five years ago. They lived together for years together, before getting separated. Now, the accused lives with his another wife in Velocity area and the victim was living in Nanda Nagar area with her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>In the investigation, the woman has reportedly said that she did not shout as she feared that her daughter will get up and it will create wrong impression on her.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to it, the victim lady has also alleged her husband of dowry harassment as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haan\u2026\u2026\u2026 This would be your experience when you will read this article. My eyes remained open for a while and I was thinking\u00a0 a man can be booked for rape for having sexual intercourse with his wife. 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