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"Dowry Demand Not Needed To Invoke Cruelty Charge Against Husband": Top Court
The Supreme Court has said dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married women from the husband and in-laws.
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"Women Misusing Dowry Law": Man Dies By Suicide, Leaves Note, Wife Charged
The wife of a photographer who committed suicide and three of her kin were booked in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for alleged abetment of the act, a police official said on Thursday.
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Delhi Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws in Dowry Case After Victim Fails to Testify
A court here has acquitted the husband and three in-laws of a woman of the charge of subjecting her to cruelty for dowry, as she did not depose before it despite having been granted several opportunities.
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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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Rajasthan Man Accused Of Dowry Murder By Wife's Family Dies By Suicide: Cops
A man killed himself on Monday after his in-laws lodged a dowry death case against him after his wife committed suicide in Bikaner district, police said on Monday.
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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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Man, Family Charged For Torturing Woman Over 'Girl Child, Dark-Skinned'
A man and seven members of his family have been charged for allegedly torturing his wife after she gave birth to a baby girl, the police in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai said today.
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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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Matrimonial Cases Being Exaggerated Manifold With Pungent Charges: Court
The Allahabad High Court has said matrimonial disputes are often being "exaggerated manifold" with allegations of dowry-related atrocities.
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Pregnant Woman Beaten To Death Over Dowry In UP, Case Filed: Police
Six people were charged after a pregnant woman, who was allegedly beaten for dowry by her in-laws, died at a hospital, police said on Monday.
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J&K Cop In CBI Custody Over Wife's Dowry Death Case
The CBI today took into custody a Jammu and Kashmir Police officer after filing a charge sheet against him in a Jammu court for the alleged murder of his wife over an unfulfilled dowry demand, officials said.
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Telangana Man Charged For Giving Triple Talaq Over Dowry, Girl Child
A case has been registered against a man in Hyderabad for allegedly harassing his wife over the birth to a girl child and pronouncing talaq thrice to her, police said on Tuesday.
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Husband, Father-In-Law Arrested After Woman Kills Kids, Self In Thane
The husband and father-in-law of a woman, who allegedly ended her life after killing her two children in Maharashtra's Thane city, have been arrested from Gujarat on charges of abetment of suicide, police said on Thursday.
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Woman Found Hanging Inside Well, Husband Charged For Alleged Dowry Death
A 21-year-old woman's body was found hanging inside a well at a village in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said on Sunday. She was married.
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5 Of Family Charged For Allegedly Torturing Woman For Dowry
Five members of a family have been charged for allegedly torturing a 26-year-old woman for dowry in Thane's Ulhasnagar township, the police said on Tuesday.
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"Dowry Demand Not Needed To Invoke Cruelty Charge Against Husband": Top Court
The Supreme Court has said dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married women from the husband and in-laws.
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"Women Misusing Dowry Law": Man Dies By Suicide, Leaves Note, Wife Charged
The wife of a photographer who committed suicide and three of her kin were booked in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for alleged abetment of the act, a police official said on Thursday.
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Delhi Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws in Dowry Case After Victim Fails to Testify
A court here has acquitted the husband and three in-laws of a woman of the charge of subjecting her to cruelty for dowry, as she did not depose before it despite having been granted several opportunities.
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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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Rajasthan Man Accused Of Dowry Murder By Wife's Family Dies By Suicide: Cops
A man killed himself on Monday after his in-laws lodged a dowry death case against him after his wife committed suicide in Bikaner district, police said on Monday.
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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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Man, Family Charged For Torturing Woman Over 'Girl Child, Dark-Skinned'
A man and seven members of his family have been charged for allegedly torturing his wife after she gave birth to a baby girl, the police in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai said today.
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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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Matrimonial Cases Being Exaggerated Manifold With Pungent Charges: Court
The Allahabad High Court has said matrimonial disputes are often being "exaggerated manifold" with allegations of dowry-related atrocities.
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Pregnant Woman Beaten To Death Over Dowry In UP, Case Filed: Police
Six people were charged after a pregnant woman, who was allegedly beaten for dowry by her in-laws, died at a hospital, police said on Monday.
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J&K Cop In CBI Custody Over Wife's Dowry Death Case
The CBI today took into custody a Jammu and Kashmir Police officer after filing a charge sheet against him in a Jammu court for the alleged murder of his wife over an unfulfilled dowry demand, officials said.
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Telangana Man Charged For Giving Triple Talaq Over Dowry, Girl Child
A case has been registered against a man in Hyderabad for allegedly harassing his wife over the birth to a girl child and pronouncing talaq thrice to her, police said on Tuesday.
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Husband, Father-In-Law Arrested After Woman Kills Kids, Self In Thane
The husband and father-in-law of a woman, who allegedly ended her life after killing her two children in Maharashtra's Thane city, have been arrested from Gujarat on charges of abetment of suicide, police said on Thursday.
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Woman Found Hanging Inside Well, Husband Charged For Alleged Dowry Death
A 21-year-old woman's body was found hanging inside a well at a village in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said on Sunday. She was married.
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5 Of Family Charged For Allegedly Torturing Woman For Dowry
Five members of a family have been charged for allegedly torturing a 26-year-old woman for dowry in Thane's Ulhasnagar township, the police said on Tuesday.
