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Dowry death strikes at foundation of dignity but no blanket prohibition on bail: HC

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Published on Apr 25, 2025 08:19 PM IST

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Man gets 800 days’ jail for fabricating evidence in dowry death case

A Bareilly court directed the man to spend as many days in jail, which is equivalent to the days spent by three innocent people in prison due to false allegations

The officials said the court directed the convicted man to remain in jail for the same number of days spent behind bars by three innocent people. The court also slapped a penalty of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2,54,352.35 on him. (Pic for representation)

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Published on Feb 09, 2025 09:38 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Mohali: Man who drove wife to suicide gets 7-year rigorous imprisonment

As per case files, on May 23, 2020, Kharar police received information that a woman had ended her life by hanging herself with a dupatta from a ceiling fan

The Mohali court of additional sessions judge Baljinder Singh Sra also imposed a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2,000 on the convict, Rakesh Singh, who has already spent four years and three months in judicial custody. The court, thus, set off the period of detention already undergone by the convict. (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 03, 2025 08:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

23-year-old woman murdered by husband over dowry in Pinjore

According to investigators, Kapil himself took his bleeding wife to the civil hospital in Sector 6, where doctors declared her dead on arrival

The victim, Tanu, had married the accused, Kapil, only in April last year, as per Pinjore police. (HT)

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Published on Jan 31, 2025 09:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

Chandigarh: Husband to spend seven years in jail for dowry death

While acquitting the remaining three in the case, the court said prosecution has also failed to establish the guilt of the accused Ekant Chawla, Megha Budhiraja and Anil Kumar Budhiraja beyond shadow of doubt; hence, they are acquitted of the charges framed against them

While convicting Sukhant, the court stated that he used to torture his wife Roma, demanding dowry, and beat her when his demands were not fulfilled. (iStock)

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Published on Jan 30, 2025 08:56 AM IST

ByAneesha Sareen Kumar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh: Nine months on, man, parents booked for dowry death

A zero FIR was filed by the victim’s family at the Seohara police station in Bijnore and was received at the Mauli Jagran police station in Chandigarh on Monday; as per the complaint, Taslima, who had got married to Ashif in July 2018, was being pressurised to bring more dowry

Taslima’s family alleged that her in-laws, on the pretext of providing her treatment for not being able to conceive a child, had brought her to Chandigarh on April 1, 2024, where they killed her. While the cause of death was not mentioned in their compliant, they alleged that her in-laws had conspired to kill her. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 15, 2025 08:56 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Husband, father-in-law booked for dowry death 2 yrs after woman’s suicide

The family of the deceased had approached the court after police failed to take cognisance of the matter

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Updated on Nov 28, 2024 05:50 AM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi

Presumed dead 3 years ago, Gonda woman found alive and kicking in Lucknow

Missing for over three years, a Gonda woman was found in Lucknow after a Facebook photo led police to her. She was living with her partner.

While probing the woman’s old Facebook account, the police found a recent photograph of the woman posted from a different account, police said.

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Updated on Oct 09, 2024 05:46 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Live-in partner can be charged with dowry death: Allahabad HC

With these observations, the court rejected the claim of the accused male partner that since the victim was his live-in partner, the provision of dowry death would not apply in this case.

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Updated on Oct 09, 2024 05:16 AM IST

ByJItendra Sarin, Prayagraj

Greater Noida: Man gets brother to kill his seven months pregnant wife, both held

Police said her brother-in-law allegedly slashed her neck twice using a knife, killing her on the spot. To mislead police, he also attacked his brother with the knife three to four times

The two suspects in police custody on Thursday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 27, 2024 05:28 AM IST

ByArun Singh, Greater Noida

Woman jumps off high-rise in Gurugram; tortured by in-laws: Kin

The family alleged that the woman was tortured by her husband and in-laws over not being able to bear a child and dowry

The woman and her husband hailed from Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. (File Photo)

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Updated on Sep 26, 2024 06:48 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Ludhiana: Grocer cremates wife’s body sans autopsy, held for dowry death

A grocer was arrested on Saturday for dowry death after he allegedly cremated his wife’s body without an autopsy being performed, officials said.

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Published on Sep 21, 2024 10:02 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Ludhiana: Year and half after woman’s death, husband among 3 booked on dowry charges

A year and half after a woman’s death, the police registered a case of dowry death against her husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law, officials said.

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Published on Sep 13, 2024 10:12 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Chandigarh: Life term for husband, in-laws who killed woman for dowry

The victim’s in-laws had claimed that she hung herself with her dupatta; she was taken to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, Chandigarh, where she was declared brought dead

When the case was committed to the sessions court for trial on March 1, 2019, the medical opinion of a doctor on the death of the victim ruled that it was homicidal in nature. (Getty Images/Purestock)

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Updated on Sep 13, 2024 09:44 AM IST

ByRajanbir Singh, Chandigarh

Delhi court acquits husband, in-laws of dowry death, abetment of suicide charges

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Published on Sep 06, 2024 06:36 PM IST

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Delhi court acquits husband, in-laws of dowry death charge

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Published on Aug 16, 2024 07:49 PM IST

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Chandigarh: Husband, mother-in-law acquitted in dowry death case

On June 11, the woman’s husband had called her father, asking him to take back his daughter; but after sometime, he had called again and informed that his daughter had hung herself; she was declared brought dead at PGIMER, Chandigarh

The defence counsel had stated that it was a case of suicide and not murder, alleging that it was wrongly framed by the police. (iStockphoto)

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Updated on Aug 13, 2024 10:54 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Husband, in-laws booked for dowry death as Ludhiana woman dies

As the woman’s parents alleged that the accused murdered her for dowry, Ludhiana police registered a first-information report (FIR) against Upinder Singh of Uttam Nagar Colony and his parents

Ludhiana police officials said a hunt is on to arrest the accused. (HT Photo)

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Published on Jul 30, 2024 10:52 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Dowry death convicts also disqualified to inherit property of the victim: HC

Bombay High Court ruled that persons convicted for causing dowry death are disqualified from inheriting property under Hindu Succession Act.

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Updated on Jul 06, 2024 08:20 AM IST

ByKanchan V. Chaudhari

On Day 1 of new criminal code, 9 cases registered in Ggm

The three old laws were replaced with three new criminal laws which are the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) respectively which came into force from Monday

The Gurugram cases were related to murder, accidents and theft while a separate case registered in Faridabad dealt with dowry death. (Representational Photo)

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Updated on Jul 03, 2024 05:28 AM IST

ByLeena Dhankhar, Debashish Karmakar

Man booked for dowry death of his 24-year-old wife

Mumbai police book husband for alleged dowry death of 24-year-old wife who died by suicide. Couple married last year, wife harassed for dowry, husband took her salary.

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Updated on May 13, 2024 05:56 AM IST

ByManish K Pathak

Ludhiana: Husband held for dowry death after woman ends life

The complainant stated that his daughter married the accused on December 13, 2023; he alleged that soon after the marriage, the accused started harassing his daughter for dowry

The police have also booked her father-in-law and mother-in-law, who are at large. (Getty image)

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Updated on Mar 24, 2024 05:00 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Man sentenced to life for murdering 8-month pregnant wife

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment and fined ₹15,000 for killing his pregnant wife for dowry. The accused stabbed her with a sharp weapon.

The autopsy report had revealed that the woman, who was in her 30s, suffered multiple stabbed marks. Her foetus was also found dead in the abdomen (representational image)

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Updated on Feb 03, 2024 06:26 AM IST

ByArun Singh

Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan urges collective action against dowry

Following a 26-year-old doctor's alleged suicide in Kerala, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan stressed the urgency of raising awareness about dowry in society.

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Published on Dec 08, 2023 05:32 PM IST

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2019 case: Husband, mother-in-law convicted of dowry death

The complaint was registered by Harikesh Yadav of Uttar Pradesh, who stated that his younger sister Sadhna, 24, had got married to Ramkaran in 2018.

Four years after a 24-year-old woman was found dead at her house in EWS Colony, Dhanas, her husband and mother-in-law were convicted of dowry death, by a local court in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (HT File)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2023 10:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Panchkula: 23-year-old newly married woman ends life over dowry harassment

Hailing from Ludhiana, the woman had gotten married in April this year and was a housewife; her husband had left for Canada on a study visa two months ago

Her father told the Panchkula police that since her wedding, her in-laws had been harassing her and beating her up to bring <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10 lakh as dowry. (iStock)

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Updated on Nov 02, 2023 08:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

Ludhiana Dowry death:Husband held after woman dies under suspicious circumstances

The victim, identified as Rajwant Kaur, 29, reportedly died after consuming excessive amount of medicine that rendered her unconscious. She died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital

SDM Manjeet Kaur with other officials at a grain mandi in Jagraon on Thursday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 13, 2023 06:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Woman dies in Ludhiana, father-in-law held for dowry death; husband on the run

The arrested accused has been identified as Deewan Singh of Baghian Khurd village of Sidhwan Bet. His son Maninder Singh, 25, is yet to be arrested

According to the victim’s father, the accused used to harass his daughter, Rajpal Kaur, 24, for not bearing a child. (iStock)

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Published on Sep 15, 2023 11:58 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Ludhiana: Husband, in-laws held after woman dies

The arrests came after the kin of the victim staged a protest outside Dugri Police station seeking arrest of the accused

The FIR was lodged on the statement of father of the victim, who is a resident of Ambala in Haryana. (iStock)

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Updated on Aug 10, 2023 11:35 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Ludhiana: 21-yr-old woman dies; husband, mother-in-law held; 2 on the run

The kin of the woman accused her husband and in-laws of murder, alleging that they used to harass their daughter for dowry. They created ruckus at the house of the accused and vandalised it.

The police have arrested a man and her mother on charges of dowry death in Ludhiana. (HT FILE)

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Updated on Jul 23, 2023 11:11 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

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Dowry death strikes at foundation of dignity but no blanket prohibition on bail: HC

A Bareilly court directed the man to spend as many days in jail, which is equivalent to the days spent by three innocent people in prison due to false allegations

As per case files, on May 23, 2020, Kharar police received information that a woman had ended her life by hanging herself with a dupatta from a ceiling fan

According to investigators, Kapil himself took his bleeding wife to the civil hospital in Sector 6, where doctors declared her dead on arrival

While acquitting the remaining three in the case, the court said prosecution has also failed to establish the guilt of the accused Ekant Chawla, Megha Budhiraja and Anil Kumar Budhiraja beyond shadow of doubt; hence, they are acquitted of the charges framed against them

A zero FIR was filed by the victim’s family at the Seohara police station in Bijnore and was received at the Mauli Jagran police station in Chandigarh on Monday; as per the complaint, Taslima, who had got married to Ashif in July 2018, was being pressurised to bring more dowry

The family of the deceased had approached the court after police failed to take cognisance of the matter

Missing for over three years, a Gonda woman was found in Lucknow after a Facebook photo led police to her. She was living with her partner.

With these observations, the court rejected the claim of the accused male partner that since the victim was his live-in partner, the provision of dowry death would not apply in this case.

Police said her brother-in-law allegedly slashed her neck twice using a knife, killing her on the spot. To mislead police, he also attacked his brother with the knife three to four times

The family alleged that the woman was tortured by her husband and in-laws over not being able to bear a child and dowry

A grocer was arrested on Saturday for dowry death after he allegedly cremated his wife’s body without an autopsy being performed, officials said.

A year and half after a woman’s death, the police registered a case of dowry death against her husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law, officials said.

The victim’s in-laws had claimed that she hung herself with her dupatta; she was taken to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, Chandigarh, where she was declared brought dead

Delhi court acquits husband, in-laws of dowry death, abetment of suicide charges

Delhi court acquits husband, in-laws of dowry death charge

On June 11, the woman’s husband had called her father, asking him to take back his daughter; but after sometime, he had called again and informed that his daughter had hung herself; she was declared brought dead at PGIMER, Chandigarh

As the woman’s parents alleged that the accused murdered her for dowry, Ludhiana police registered a first-information report (FIR) against Upinder Singh of Uttam Nagar Colony and his parents

Bombay High Court ruled that persons convicted for causing dowry death are disqualified from inheriting property under Hindu Succession Act.

The three old laws were replaced with three new criminal laws which are the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) respectively which came into force from Monday

Mumbai police book husband for alleged dowry death of 24-year-old wife who died by suicide. Couple married last year, wife harassed for dowry, husband took her salary.

The complainant stated that his daughter married the accused on December 13, 2023; he alleged that soon after the marriage, the accused started harassing his daughter for dowry

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment and fined ₹15,000 for killing his pregnant wife for dowry. The accused stabbed her with a sharp weapon.

Following a 26-year-old doctor's alleged suicide in Kerala, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan stressed the urgency of raising awareness about dowry in society.

The complaint was registered by Harikesh Yadav of Uttar Pradesh, who stated that his younger sister Sadhna, 24, had got married to Ramkaran in 2018.

Hailing from Ludhiana, the woman had gotten married in April this year and was a housewife; her husband had left for Canada on a study visa two months ago

The victim, identified as Rajwant Kaur, 29, reportedly died after consuming excessive amount of medicine that rendered her unconscious. She died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital

The arrested accused has been identified as Deewan Singh of Baghian Khurd village of Sidhwan Bet. His son Maninder Singh, 25, is yet to be arrested

The arrests came after the kin of the victim staged a protest outside Dugri Police station seeking arrest of the accused

The kin of the woman accused her husband and in-laws of murder, alleging that they used to harass their daughter for dowry. They created ruckus at the house of the accused and vandalised it.

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