Pune: In an instance of black magic and Aghori practices incident, a man forced his wife to take a bath at a public place and filmed it. The woman approached the High Court (HC), which directed her husband to deposit his mobile phone with the Bharati Vidyapeeth Police for investigation.
Bombay HC Justice Anil Kilor issued the directive. The court granted interim bail of her husband on the condition of depositing the handset with the police.
The woman feared that her husband would make the video clip viral. The HC directed him to deposit his mobile within a week with the police.
A case has been registered against the victim woman’s husband, parents-in-law and an exorcist for domestic violence (DV), cheating, and under provisions of the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013. The exorcist, Maulana Baba Jamadar, a resident of Jaisinghpur, has been arrested.
The victim lodged the complaint in August 2022. Her husband also lodged a complaint against the woman and her father. Her husband was freed on bail in December 2022.
The filming of her bath took place at a waterfall at Marleshwar, a public place, for business prosperity, peace in the family and getting rid of an evil charm. This was done on instructions of the exorcist.
The victim opposed her husband’s anticipatory bail fearing that he would make the video clip viral. She told the court that the investigation officer did not confiscate the mobile phone.
Her husband’s lawyer Satyam Nimbalkar told the court that the accused was ready to hand over his mobile phone to the police.
The court granted his anticipatory bail on the condition that he would deposit his mobile phone with the police.
