A court in Riyadh has ordered a woman to pay SR30,000 for her to be able to separate from her husband after he injected her with a narcotic substance, local media said.

The man, in his 30s, injected his wife, in her twenties and suffering from diabetes, with the highly addictive drug while she was in a coma.

The man later confessed to what he had done, a source told a local daily.

The wife, a mother of a two-year child, lodged a complaint at the Riyadh court, which ordered a blood test to substantiate the allegations.

The test proved positive for the narcotized substance in the woman’s bloodstream.

The court ruled that the two separate after the women pay back SR30,000 in dowry and attorney fees. Divorce instigated by a woman in Islam is known as “khula.”