Wife drags husband to court for transmitting HIV deceitfully
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, May 22 2012: In what could be termed as a pure case of deceit, a young man woos an innocent girl, marries her and finally transmits HIV to her, for which the wife has dragged him to court and slapped a suit under Sections 269, 270, 319, 323 and 34 IPC.

The young man who has been alleged of committing the heinous offence has been identified as Paonam Kishan Mangang (34), s/o P Achou of Sagolband Khamnam Leirak.

The spouse who has defied all odds and came out boldly against her deceitful husband has been identified as Karam Thaja (20) .

She is presently staying at her maternal home at Yurembam Awang Leikai.

Addressing media persons at the office of MNP+ here today, Karam Thaja said that she had taken up the step and came this far so that her husband (Kishan) does not transmit HIV to other innocent women like her.

Narrating her story to media persons, Thaja recalled that before her marriage to Kishan in 2010, she was always followed by Kishan whenever she goes to school, since 2007 .

Kishan is a constable at Patsoi Police Station.

She had never consented to having any relation with Kishan.

However, on August 16th 2007, she went out after she was consistently called by him, to put an end to the issue once and for all.

But she was drugged and forced to elope with him much against her wishes.

She further stated that they got married on January 25, 2010.Just on the day of Mangani Chakkouba, she started suffering from serious ailment and was taken to Imphal Hospital, RIMS road.

Later on she was admitted to JN Hospital and then to RIMS and treated for about a month without disclosing anything about her illness by her in-laws.

During the early months of her marriage, her husband treated her with love and care but started to treat her in the most pathetic manner soon after.

During her stay in her matrimonial home she often witnessed her husband taking some medicine everyday but he was never told her the reason.

There were also various instances where a number of women came in search of her husband where he refused to meet them.

Little did she know that those women who had come on different occasions were all his acquaintances whom he had physical relationship.

It was only after she accidentally came across some old papers which were reports of the clinical laboratory for CD4 count as well as HIV testing report, that her husband was HIV positive.

She then confronted with her husband on the issue but he denied all accusations and burnt the documents and then locked her up in the house for three days.

There were several instances where she was physically and mentally tortured by her husband and in-laws even to the extent of pouring urine on her face and telling her to leave the place.

She further stated that she came out from the house after Kishan opened the door and asked her to buy some medicines for him.

Taking advantage of the situation she ran to her maternal house.

Later, she was tested HIV positive in February 12,2012 .

Thaja alleged that she had been forcefully and knowingly transmitted HIV by her husband and as a result she filed a criminal case against her husband.

He is currently out on bail.

Rakesh Meihoubam, who is the lawyer of K Thaja, informed that a case has been filed against the husband, Kishan under Sections 269, 270, 319, 323 and 34 IPC and if found guilty he could be imprisoned for not less than two years.

Though he has been bailed out, the next hearing is on June 2 next.

He also informed that this type of cases where the wife drags her spouse to court has happened in Manipur for the first time, but is the second case in India.

The first case happened in Delhi where a woman filed a criminal suit against her husband for transmitting HIV virus but the suit made no headway as the husband died due to HIV virus complications.

Meanwhile, Udita, General Secretary of MNP+ has strongly condemned the incident and said that involvement of security personnel who are supposed to safeguard our lives in such irresponsible acts, is indeed a matter of serious concern.

We need to control this, she added.

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