and therefore he will destroy my face with acid pathak filed a private complaint to the first class magistrate at district court that threats concerning acid attack should come under the section of the ipc which invites tougher action and treated as nonbailable offence and police inaction in reemas case there are many such women who share reemas fate and are threatened to be destroyed by acid but nothing is being done till their theater becomes the perpetuator in most of the cases of acid attack victims the perpetuator often comes across to be a person whom the victim is familiar with now i live in fear reema said he should be booked under sections relevant for nonbailable offence says advocate sadhna pathak who is fighting reemas case but my husband rejected it and started threatening me with dire consequences including throwing acid on my face not able to bear torture i had applied to declare the marriage null and void under the section 12 of hindu marriage act in a few weeks of marriage in a few days after marriage her husband subjected the 19yearold to torture bordering on unimaginable cruelties bhopal when it did not work she began making rounds of police stations to get a case registered him under the section 506 of the ipc but in vain he was arrested after i lodged a complaint with ashok garden police station but was released in a day despite the supreme courts order about banning sale of acid in retail markets acid is freely available in market and the order has not yet been implemented pathak said he had threatened that he would kill me if i lodged a complaint she has a reason i dont want any compensation or alimony but he says that i need separation because i think too high of my beauty her husband should have been booked under section 506 or 294 of the ipc as a result her husband walked out free only a day after the complaint was filed asoka garden police station ti rupesh dubey said we had lodged the complaint under the section 151 as a preventive action and it appeared a case of family feud and personal matter now i am scared he might search me and take revenge for the past 2 months reema has been living in fear every waking moment my parents took me home but my husband would even come there and beat me along with my mother and sister threat of acid attack is not a crime under the ipc and we didnt have any evidence to book him under a stronger section first she resisted after i filed a complaint regarding acid attack threat against him on january 24 he was arrested in a few hours but released only a day after in such cases there are chances of reconciliation in our country 90 of the threat cases related to acid attacks are always ignored now i am forced to go into