New Delhi, March 30 A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of causing his wife's death by dowry and cruelty, citing a lack of reliable evidence and hostile testimonies from key prosecution witnesses.However, the court found the man guilty under Section 174A of the IPC after finding that he...
New Delhi, March 27 – The Supreme Court has overturned a bail order granted by the Patna High Court to a man accused in a dowry death case, deeming the order "wholly unsustainable" and highlighting a "mechanical approach" adopted in such serious offenses.A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and...
New Delhi, March 26 Observing that dowry deaths are a severe stain on society, the Supreme Court has stated that despite legal prohibitions, this practice continues to result in the unnatural deaths of thousands of women.A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi made the observation...
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New Delhi, March 23 A Delhi court has acquitted a man and six of his relatives in a dowry death case related to the suicide of a young woman within four months of her marriage, stating that the prosecution failed to prove cruelty or harassment for dowry beyond a reasonable doubt.Additional...
New Delhi, March 14 A 34-year-old bike taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a female passenger during a ride in northwest Delhi's Rohini, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred on March 12 when the woman booked a bike taxi through a mobile application to travel...
Ballia (UP), March 10 Police have arrested a couple and booked their son after their daughter-in-law allegedly committed suicide due to harassment related to dowry, officials said on Tuesday.According to a complaint received from the victim's father, Shri Nath, Radhika married Kamlesh Kushwaha...
Muzaffarnagar (UP), March 6 A 26-year-old woman hanged herself at her residence here on Friday, police said, after allegedly being subjected to pressure from her in-laws for more dowry.The family of the victim, Rubi Kashyap, alleged that she was harassed for more dowry after her marriage to...
Muzaffarnagar (UP), February 20 In what appears to be a case of dowry-related death, the body of a woman was found hanging from the ceiling at her in-laws' house here, police said on Friday.Five people, including the woman's husband, have been booked in connection with the incident that took...
Lucknow, February 13 Justice Pankaj Bhatia of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court recused himself from hearing bail pleas on Friday, stating that certain recent observations made by the Supreme Court had a "huge demoralizing and chilling effect" on him.The judge declined to hear a...
Kaushambi (UP), February 12 A district court here on Thursday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 6,000 on him in a dowry death case, prosecution officials said.Additional District Government Counsel (Criminal) Shashank Khare said that on August 16...