Legal Question in Family Law in India
Dear All,
I SHAIKH FROM MUMBAI ON 21ST MAY 2010 VISITED TO
LUCKNOW TO ATTEND THE LUCKNOW FAMILY COURT AS MY WIFE HAS FILED DIVORCE CASE, I ATTENDED THE DATE AND GOT NEXT DATE ON 20TH AUGUST 2010 AND ANYHOW I WAS GOING BACK TO MY HOTEL TO STAY BUT MY MOTHER IN LAW , MY WIFE, MY BROTHER IN LAW AND 2 PERSONS ALONG WITH ME TOOK ME TO A LONE CORNER AND STARTED BEATING ME AND PRESSURIZED ME TO WRITE ON A 5 RS STAMP PAPER THAT TO SIGNED AND GIVE TALAQ TO MY WIFE, ANY HOW I PUSHED
ALL OF THEM AND MANAGED TO ESCAPE THEM AND REACHED KESARBAGH KOTWALI TO FILE MY COMPLAINT AND EXPRESS MY HELPLESSNESS TO THE INSPECTOR BUT BEFORE I COLD DO SO MY WIFE ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY ARRIVED THE POLICE STATION AND STARTED ABUSING ME AND COMPLAINING FALSELY ABOUT ME THAT I
HAD BEATEN MY WIFE AND I HAVE COME TO COMPLAIN AGAINST THEM ON MY WIFE'S
FALSE STATEMENT I WAS DETAINED AND WAS ASKED TO SIT ALONG 1 ACCUSED PERSON ALREADY WITH HATH QADI, THEY THEN ASKED ME TO GO THANA BAZAR KHALA THEY AND THE POLICE OFFICER NAMED HANSLAL FALSELY PRESSURIZED ME TO WRITE ON A STAMP PAPER TO DIVORCE MY WIFE AND IF I WILL NOT DO SO I WILL BE JAILED AND WILL NOT BE RELIEVED UNTIL 20 TO 25 DAYS. I HAD BEEN PRESSURIZED BY THANA BAZAR POLICE OFFICIALS TO SIGN THE DIVORCE PAPER.
DUE TO MY MOTHERS ILL-HEALTH WHO WAS IN MUMBAI AND WAS FAINTED DUE TO THE SAME PROB AND TOOK DEEP TENSION I COULD FIGHT AGAINST THEM AND HAD TO WRITE ON A PAPER THAT I HAD DIVORCED MY WIFE.
PLS HELP ME IN SUGGESTIONS WHAT STEP TO BE TAKEN TO PROOF THAT THE SIGNED PAPERS ARE NULL AND VOID AND WAS WRITTEN IN PRESSURE AND WAS UNINTENTIONALLY DONE AND I WANT THEM TO GET MY INLAWS ARRESTED AS THEY HAD BRIBED THE POLICE OFFICIALS TO FORCE ME TO WRITE DIVORCE.
1 Answer from Attorneys
You may file a written complaint with the police narrating the entire incident; you may also file a civil suit dispute the documents signed by you under coercion.