Atul Tortured Me Like A Beast After Drinking Alcohol, Transferred My Salary To His Account: Nikita Singhania In 2022 Complaint

The FIR was lodged under Indian Penal Code sections 498A (cruelty by husband or relatives), 323 (assault), 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace), and 506 (criminal intimidation).

The lawyer who is handling the engineer's case said Nikita had filed cases against him several times.

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Atul Subhash Suicide: Nikita Singhania, the estranged wife of engineer Atul Subhash, had filed a case of assault and criminal intimidation against him in 2022 after things turned sour between the couple during COVID-19. Nikita in her complaint had alleged that after marriage, her husband and his parents were dissatisfied with what her family gave them during the wedding and demanded Rs 10 lakh more, PTI reported. 

The FIR was lodged at Kotwali police station in Jaunpur on April 24, 2022 under Indian Penal Code sections 498A (cruelty by husband or relatives), 323 (assault), 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and under provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. She alleged harassment and assault for dowry and mentioned her husband, his parents and brothers-in-law as accused. The couple got married on April 26, 2019.

My Father Suffered Stroke Due To Dowry Demands: Nikita In FIR

The woman, who reportedly works with Accenture, alleged that she was tortured mentally and physically by her husband and in-laws for dowry. "When I told my parents about the harassment and dowry, my parents explained to me that everything would be fine, listen and keep living with it. But no improvement of any kind came in my husband and in-laws," the news agency quoted her saying in her complaint.

She added that Atul used to beat her after drinking alcohol and started treating the husband-wife relationship with me like a "beast". "He used to transfer my entire salary from my account to his account by threatening me," Nikita had claimed. She added that due to this stress, her father's health suddenly deteriorated and on August 17, 2019, he suffered a stroke due to the demand for dowry and later died.

Court Refused To Give Maintainance To Nikita: Techie's Lawyer

The lawyer who is handling the engineer's case said Nikita had filed cases against him several times. "One of these important cases was going on in the family court, in which Nikita had applied to the court for maintenance of herself and her child. The court refused to give maintenance to the wife in this case, but ordered an amount of Rs 40,000 per month for the maintenance of the child," advocate Dinesh Mishra said.

"The lawyer said if Subhash felt this amount was too much, he should have contacted the court. If he was coming from Bengaluru, the woman also used to come from Delhi," Mishra added.