A charge of torture has been laid against a South Australian man, who allegedly cut off his partner''s tongue and sliced the sides of her mouth.

Mohammed Tasleem Tahir, 21,who appeared in Southport Magistrate''s Court on the Gold Coast, faces charges of torture, committing acts intended to maim and disfigure, and causing grievous bodily harm over the weekend attack in Surfers Paradise, reports News.com.au.