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A 26-year-old software professional from Bihar allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Miyapur, Hyderabad, police said. HYDERABAD: A 26-year-old software professional from Bihar allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Miyapur, Hyderabad, police said. According to news agency PTI, the woman was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the hall of…
The victim’s mother claimed that a heated argument took place between the couple on the day of the incident, following which Neha was found hanging Ghaziabad: A special court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for the murder of his wife within three months of their marriage in 2018 over dowry….
NEW DELHI: Criminal proceedings cannot be initiated merely based on vague and unsupported allegations, ruled SC, quashing a dowry harassment and cruelty case filed against a Kanpur-based couple in their seventies by their daughter-in-law.A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the case was lodged almost seven years after the alleged…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday told high courts to be circumspect in exercising discretion to grant bail to the accused in dowry death cases, highlighting that the social evil continues to take the lives of thousands of women.Cancelling a Patna high court order granting bail to an accused husband, whose wife was murdered…
Woman died under suspicious circumstances at her home in Garhi Harsaru (Representative image) GURGAON: Two days after a woman died under suspicious circumstances at her home in Garhi Harsaru, her family accused her husband of killing her by administering a poisonous injection. Police registered a dowry death case against the husband and recovered a syringe…
A 35-year-old model, Garima Tiwari, has filed a new complaint in a Kanpur court against her husband, IPL cricketer Amit Mishra, and his family, accusing them of dowry harassment, assault, and abetment to suicide, officials said on Monday.Tiwari filed the complaint in the court of an Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), alleging that she faced…
A 35-year-old model, Garima Tiwari, has filed a new complaint in a Kanpur court against her husband, IPL cricketer Amit Mishra, and his family, accusing them of dowry harassment, assault, and abetment to suicide, officials said on Monday.Tiwari filed the complaint in the court of an Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), alleging that she faced…
A 35-year-old former software engineer, P Sushma, died by suicide in Bengaluru BENGALURU: A 35-year-old former techie, P Sushma, died by suicide Tuesday at her Soladevanahalli residence over alleged dowry harassment and domestic fights.Based on the complaint filed by Sushma’s father, TD Prabhakaramurthy, a retired assistant sub-inspector of police, cops arrested her husband, Puneet Kumar,…
NEW DELHI: Can a married man in a live-in relationship be prosecuted for dowry harassment on the complaint of a woman with whom he was in an extra-marital affair, even though the law specifies that only a wife can make such a complaint against her husband and his relatives?A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay…
In the vibrant Tharu villages near Gobarhiya police station, a remarkable shift has taken place—dowry practices have been dismantled thanks to a community-driven cultural renaissance. Driven by the belief that true marriage transcends monetary exchanges, local leaders champion a return to traditional values, deeming dowry as an affront to their heritage. Bettiah: At a time…
