The judicial magistrate east Karachi also fined the young man Rs.25,000. According to the case details, J. Ilyas had married a woman identified as Easter a year ago and sent her to Dubai. When she came back, it transpired that her husband had contracted second marriage, which is illegal under the Christian law.

The court ruled that if the man did not pay the fine, he would undergo an additional two months imprisonment. The woman had registered a case against her husband in the Mehmoodabad police station.