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"Her Husband Kept Asking For Dowry": Sister Of Indian Woman, 24, Found Dead In UK
Days after 24-year-old Harshita Brella - an Indian woman from Delhi living with her husband in the UK - was found dead with her body stashed away in the boot of a car, his family has pointed to a dowry angle in the case.
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Delhi Court Acquits Man Of Dowry Death Citing Insufficient Evidence
Delhi's Dwarka Court recently acquitted a man of charges related to dowry death, citing benefits of the doubt. There is a long distance between "may be true" and "must be true", the court said in the judgement.
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"Psychological Trauma...": Delhi High Court On Dowry Deaths
The judicial system cannot stand by and allow the economic circumstances of a woman's parents to become her death warrants in her matrimonial home, the Delhi High Court has observed.
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Delhi Court Acquits Doctor Of Dowry Death, Cites "Benefit Of Doubt"
More than 10 years after a woman doctor committed suicide at AIIMS-Delhi, a court in Delhi has acquitted her husband, also a doctor, of causing her death with his demands for dowry.
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"Don't Hurt My Daughter" Scribbled On Dead Woman's Hand, Husband Charged
A 37-year-old woman was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her house in south Delhi's Tigri area on Monday, police said. The victim has been identified as Laxmi Gupta, they said.
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Delhi Man, Family Convicted For Dowry Death Of Wife 15 Years Ago
More that 15 years after a woman died in unnatural circumstances, a court here has convicted four accused, including her husband and in-laws, of causing her death for dowry and subjecting the victim to cruelty.
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Court Acquits Husband, Mother-In-Law Of Cruelty Charge In Dowry Death Case
A court in New Delhi on Friday acquitted the husband and mother-in-law of a woman, who died by suicide, holding there was not enough evidence to prove the dead was subjected to cruelty for dowry that drove her to take the extreme step.
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"Taunting Not Cruelty": Court Acquits Man, Parents In Wife's Suicide Case
Usual acts of taunting in a family do not amount to cruelty, a Delhi court has ruled, while acquitting a man and his parents in a dowry death case where they were accused of subjecting the woman to cruelty that prompted her to die by suicide.
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Man Arrested For Killing Wife Over Dowry In Delhi: Police
A 29-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly strangulating his newly-wed wife to death after a fight over dowry in south Delhi's Maidangarhi area, police said.
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Fed Up Of Fights, 21-Year-Old Killed Wife, Dumped Body Near Delhi: Cops
In a suspected case of dowry death, a 21-year-old man and his two associates were arrested for allegedly shooting his wife and later dumping her body near Haryana's Panipat, police said on Wednesday.
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Delhi Air Hostess Anissia Batra's 2nd Autopsy Report Endorses First: Cops
The second autopsy report of Anissia Batra, a flight attendant with a German airline who allegedly committed suicide in Panchsheel Park in Delhi, endorses the first that said she first sustained injuries to her neck, a senior police officer said today.
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"She Was A Fighter": Friends Of Delhi Air Hostess On Her Sudden Death
The 32-year-old flight attendant jumped off the terrace of her Panchsheel Park home, her husband had told the police on Friday. Her family refused to believe the police and alleged she was murdered. Mayank Singhvi, Anissia's husband, and her in-laws tortured her for dowry, they claimed.
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Can't Convict Husband In Dowry Case Without Proof: Delhi Court
It is a heinous crime to hang one's wife to death but a husband cannot be convicted without any reliable evidence, a Delhi court has said while acquitting a man and his family members in a murder and dowry death case.
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19-Year-Old Sets Herself Ablaze Allegedly Over Dowry
In a suspected case of dowry death, a 19-year-old woman set herself ablaze in front of her brother in northwest Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy area, police said today.
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Husband, in-Laws Acquitted in 14-Year-Old Dowry Death Case
A man, along with his four family members, has been acquitted by a Delhi court of the charges of cruelly treating his wife for dowry which led to her death.
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"Her Husband Kept Asking For Dowry": Sister Of Indian Woman, 24, Found Dead In UK
Days after 24-year-old Harshita Brella - an Indian woman from Delhi living with her husband in the UK - was found dead with her body stashed away in the boot of a car, his family has pointed to a dowry angle in the case.
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Delhi Court Acquits Man Of Dowry Death Citing Insufficient Evidence
Delhi's Dwarka Court recently acquitted a man of charges related to dowry death, citing benefits of the doubt. There is a long distance between "may be true" and "must be true", the court said in the judgement.
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"Psychological Trauma...": Delhi High Court On Dowry Deaths
The judicial system cannot stand by and allow the economic circumstances of a woman's parents to become her death warrants in her matrimonial home, the Delhi High Court has observed.
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Delhi Court Acquits Doctor Of Dowry Death, Cites "Benefit Of Doubt"
More than 10 years after a woman doctor committed suicide at AIIMS-Delhi, a court in Delhi has acquitted her husband, also a doctor, of causing her death with his demands for dowry.
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"Don't Hurt My Daughter" Scribbled On Dead Woman's Hand, Husband Charged
A 37-year-old woman was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her house in south Delhi's Tigri area on Monday, police said. The victim has been identified as Laxmi Gupta, they said.
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Delhi Man, Family Convicted For Dowry Death Of Wife 15 Years Ago
More that 15 years after a woman died in unnatural circumstances, a court here has convicted four accused, including her husband and in-laws, of causing her death for dowry and subjecting the victim to cruelty.
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Court Acquits Husband, Mother-In-Law Of Cruelty Charge In Dowry Death Case
A court in New Delhi on Friday acquitted the husband and mother-in-law of a woman, who died by suicide, holding there was not enough evidence to prove the dead was subjected to cruelty for dowry that drove her to take the extreme step.
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"Taunting Not Cruelty": Court Acquits Man, Parents In Wife's Suicide Case
Usual acts of taunting in a family do not amount to cruelty, a Delhi court has ruled, while acquitting a man and his parents in a dowry death case where they were accused of subjecting the woman to cruelty that prompted her to die by suicide.
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Man Arrested For Killing Wife Over Dowry In Delhi: Police
A 29-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly strangulating his newly-wed wife to death after a fight over dowry in south Delhi's Maidangarhi area, police said.
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Fed Up Of Fights, 21-Year-Old Killed Wife, Dumped Body Near Delhi: Cops
In a suspected case of dowry death, a 21-year-old man and his two associates were arrested for allegedly shooting his wife and later dumping her body near Haryana's Panipat, police said on Wednesday.
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Delhi Air Hostess Anissia Batra's 2nd Autopsy Report Endorses First: Cops
The second autopsy report of Anissia Batra, a flight attendant with a German airline who allegedly committed suicide in Panchsheel Park in Delhi, endorses the first that said she first sustained injuries to her neck, a senior police officer said today.
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"She Was A Fighter": Friends Of Delhi Air Hostess On Her Sudden Death
The 32-year-old flight attendant jumped off the terrace of her Panchsheel Park home, her husband had told the police on Friday. Her family refused to believe the police and alleged she was murdered. Mayank Singhvi, Anissia's husband, and her in-laws tortured her for dowry, they claimed.
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Can't Convict Husband In Dowry Case Without Proof: Delhi Court
It is a heinous crime to hang one's wife to death but a husband cannot be convicted without any reliable evidence, a Delhi court has said while acquitting a man and his family members in a murder and dowry death case.
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19-Year-Old Sets Herself Ablaze Allegedly Over Dowry
In a suspected case of dowry death, a 19-year-old woman set herself ablaze in front of her brother in northwest Delhi's Bhalswa Dairy area, police said today.
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Husband, in-Laws Acquitted in 14-Year-Old Dowry Death Case
A man, along with his four family members, has been acquitted by a Delhi court of the charges of cruelly treating his wife for dowry which led to her death.
